At last week’s “Coffee with a Scientist” event at the Boca Grande Community Center, Dr. Michael Crosby, president and CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, shared with the audience the history…
True, summer, afternoon showers and hurricane season are on the way but so is the 2026 Bogus Beacon, 2026 4-Digit Phone Book and in the May/June issue of the Gasparilla Island Magazine, this year’s…
Packed commission
At the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners Land Use meeting on Wednesday, March 25, commissioners voted 3-2 to deny a petition for a Cape Haze apartment complex that…
Brian Pardini found this manatee-shaped palm root a couple of weeks ago, way out past Sea Oats, and like any reasonable person dragged it all the way back to the road. It was riding around in his go…
March leads us into our spring season. We did enjoy some spring-like weather last month, but each one should be weaker now. Spring has officially arrived, and I’m excited about all the fishing optio…
The Boca Grande Camera Club is pleased to announce a presentation on basic astrophotography by commercial photographer, Larry McNiff, on April 7.
The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. in the Cro…
On Wednesday, March 4, Eileen Tongson, owner of FarmGal Flowers, an urban flower farm and design studio in Orlando, was a speaker at the Boca Grande Garden Club. Eileen is a graduate of the Universi…
The Charlotte County Book & Arts Festival will unite authors, artists, performers and families for a full day celebrating creativity in all its forms. The festival will take place on April 18 fr…
A relic of the Lee Iacocca era visited the island last week with a 1991 convertible Dodge Shadow. The car was also known as the Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance America. The car is maintained loca…
Friday, March 27
Farmers Market, Bayou (last market on April 3)
Frondezvous Mini Market, Pink Pony Courtyard
Art Upstairs by Rae Medgyesy, Depot Building Floor 2, Studio 3 (through Sunday…
