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The Spring Fair committee announces the 2022 theme: Laissez les bon temps rouler!
February 3, 2022
Committee members for the 2022 Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair are excited to share the theme for this long-time popular event: LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER/ LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! The big da…
Cutting a Christmas tree on-island and other memories
February 3, 2022
The February 9 History Bytes program features the Davis family – Frank Davis, Robin Davis Melvin, Doug and Gail Coleman Davis – who spent their summers and holidays in Boca Grande during the 1960s…
BGHPB to discuss Journey’s End, St. Andrew’s memorial garden
February 3, 2022
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. T…
PROFILE: Dr. Bret Kueber
February 3, 2022
Dr. Bret Kueber always knew that he wanted to semi-retire in Florida; he just didn’t think it would happen this soon. It seems as though while he was waiting for his daughter Katie to finish high sc…
Join in the fun at the Boca Grande 5K walk and run
February 3, 2022
To the Editor:
On Sunday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 a.m. sharp, join us for an island run through historic Boca Grande.
Start your run at the Boca Grande Community Center (on the National Re…
Hill Tide fence shrinks … just a little bit
January 28, 2022
It appears there may be some changes to the fence at Hill Tide Estates that stands on the beach. According to those who are intimately aware of the situation, at least one of the sections of fence h…
‘We’re just overwhelmed’: Gasparilla Mobile Estates residents seek assistance to figure out their next steps after the storm
January 28, 2022
On Sunday, Jan. 16 at 6:37 a.m. the winds of change blew at 110 mph for many residents of Gasparilla Mobile Estates. The EF-1 tornado that touched down and cut a narrow swath through the par…
ROLLING! The Boca Grande Film Festival has begun
January 28, 2022
While it was a rainy night for the opening party of the Boca Grande Film Festival, the people who gathered in the Boca Grande Community Center Woman’s Club Room were warm and sheltered from the elem…
Two weekends, two art shows
January 28, 2022
This weekend the Boca Grande Art Center will present their annual President’s Art Show, featuring four past presidents of the long-standing organization. It will feature works in oil, acrylic, paste…