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Chase Taylor doing well after foul ball accident, meets Tebow
September 1, 2017
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Chase Taylor is a very lucky little boy. After being hit with a foul ball at a Stone Crabs game on August 8, he is not only well on his way to recovery but also got to meet Tim …
Profile Mitch Smith
September 1, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mitch Smith recalls spending the summer months of his youth at day camp at the Boca Grande Community Center. His father, Myron, worked for a cleaning business on the island for many …
Never forget that Texas could have been us
September 1, 2017
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This week many of us watched in horror as Hurricane Harvey turned into a nasty houseguest who wouldn’t leave and left thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana homeless, displa…
Make Boca Grande quiet again … redux
August 25, 2017
To the Editor: Thanks for all the verbal support received concerning leafblower noise and health hazards. Remember … if daily and weekly leafblowing were done every other day and week, noise and …
A smooth surface: GICIA bike path resurfacing has begun
August 25, 2017
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – It has been more than 30 years since the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) bike path was constructed and opened to the public. In that ti…
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part II Building in Boca, and a war of words over the island’s future
August 25, 2017
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development in Boca Grande and on Gasparilla Island. As the tarpon season is getting u…
Bridge scale lane set to reopen Monday
August 25, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT – The installation of the Boca Grande swing bridge’s new scale lane is almost complete, and it is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Aug. 28 at 5:45 a.m. The Gasparilla Island Bridge Aut…
PROFILE: Karen Kelly
August 25, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Known for her smiling face and pleasant manner, Karen Kelley wears many hats at The Island School, where she has been employed since the school started back in 1999. Karen worked i…
‘La Pirate’ has been found
August 25, 2017
A 2002 26’ Glacier Bay boat reportedly stolen from Marina Bokeelia on July 21 has been recovered. The boat, which belongs to Capt. Jack who operates “Capt. Jack’s Boat Tours” in Bokeelia, was docke…
Obituary Patricia Heisel
August 25, 2017
Patricia Ann Heisel, 84, died July 30, 2017, at her home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, surrounded by her husband of 61 years and five children, after a brief and brave fight against acute myeloid leuk…