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New honors music program at The Island School
November 9, 2018
■ BY EVELYN HUNT TIS CORRESPONDENT Have you ever wanted to learn more about music or learn a new instrument? Well, The Island School has developed a new Honors Music Program for students in grades 3-…
Profile: Denise Elliot
November 9, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you are an island resident and you’ve experienced issues with balance or perhaps even had a bad fall, you’ve most likely met Denise Elliot, a physical therapist at the Boca Grande H…
Obituary: Diane Rosemary Ryan Kunkler
November 9, 2018
Diane Rosemary Ryan Kunkler, beloved wife of the late William Charles Kunkler, Jr. (d. 2017) and dearly loved mother of William, Maren, Kirsten, Kara, Robert, Katrina and Lara, was called home to God…
Obituary: Anne Wood Birgbauer
November 9, 2018
Anne Wood Birgbauer, a resident of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, passed away on October 25, 2018. She was born in Detroit on March 14, 1944. She graduated from Grosse Pointe University School and Co…
Organizations partner to support recovery of snook
November 9, 2018
■ FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Coastal Conservation Association Florida (CCA Florida) is partnering with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Mote Mari…
Mote Marine and Sarasota County agree on terms for new aquarium land
November 9, 2018
■ FROM MOTE MARINE LABORATORY The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved a significant step forward in establishing a new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) on approximately 12 acres…
Wonder why the light wasn’t lit? BIPS schedules Range Light relighting
November 2, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT You’ll have to wait until next to year to see the historic Gasparilla Island Lighthouse lit again, but a big celebration is in the works for February to usher in the new beacon in the…
Honoring our veterans … The keepers of Freedom, Pt. I
November 2, 2018
This week and next week we will be taking time to honor those who have fought in the service of our country, living and deceased, and who allow us to live as free Americans because of their dedicatio…
Can you go to the Panhandle this weekend?
November 2, 2018
■ A MESSAGE FROM KEVIN HYDE Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle October 10 at Mexico Beach, resulting in billions of dollars in damage and many thousands left homeless. Over the past three we…
Pulitzer Prize winner William Taubman to speak in November
November 2, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Taubman will discuss his book, “Gorbachev: His Life and Times, a comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union,” at 4 p.m. on No…