News
Hang tag program update and more from the Fire Department
April 20, 2023
Since Hurricane Ian, the Boca Grande Fire Department has been working hard to update and finesse certain policies and procedures to optimize response to such natural disasters. One of those policies…
New research brings new hope during Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
April 20, 2023
In what researchers are calling “an enormous leap forward in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease,” a new tool has been discovered that can detect pathology in spinal fluid of people who have no…
POLICE, FIRE, EMS NEWS
April 20, 2023
Firefighters responded to numerous calls so far in April: 31, to be exact
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to numerous calls so far this month, including the following:
• 12 medical c…
Local girl suffering from brain cancer hoping for lifesaving donations from Gofundme and social media campaigns
April 20, 2023
Social media gets a lot of criticism – much of it deserved. But social media is helping save a young girl’s life right now, so today, social media is earning a reprieve from the haters.
The youn…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Coffee With a Scientist
April 20, 2023
This week Mote Marine Laboratories wrapped up its 2023 Coffee with a Scientist series of presentations at the Boca Grande Community Center. The series took deep dives, so to speak, into some of the…
Cell tower update from Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee
April 20, 2023
Submitted by the Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee
The current providers of cellular services have begun the promised activities of sustaining service for Boca Grande.
Verizon has filed an init…
The ‘Tiny Tarpon Tamer’ has been taken from us
April 20, 2023
Elsie Bracken:
1933 – 2023
The one man who could tame Elsie Bracken, has done so. God took her on April 15, 2023, and probably had no idea what he was getting himself into. One perfect d…
OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken
April 19, 2023
Elsie Selden Bracken, 90, died April 15, 2023, peacefully at home in Boca Grande, FL. She was born in North Carolina. She lived in Sarasota and later moved to Boca Grande, in 1978.
She was famo…
BGHPB hosts special presentation at monthly meeting about proposal to demo two Gilchrist structures
April 13, 2023
The April meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board, held on April 12, was far from being a simple one well in advance of the day it was held. Letters had been coming for quite some tim…