The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority was able to identify an island resident who dumped hurricane rubbish on the Causeway. That resident was called, though at presstime had not yet responded.
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The date for the opening of the Boca Grande Post Office may be sooner than expected. While there is no official date, building owner Mark Spurgeon is now working with the maintenance and building se…
To the Editor:
Boca Grande has a newly planted Shady Lady community tree.
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club and the entire community are so grateful to Michelle and Stephen Hazeltine for their gene…
As shops reopen around town, familiar streetscape icons return as well. Here Robin Melvin of Gasparilla Outfitters and Special Effects takes a first look at the shop signs restored by Chuck Forrest…
Summer restoration projects held up well
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is making good progress after the double whammy of Hurric…
As the island celebrates the opening of so many businesses and The Gasparilla Inn, there will be one more herald of the upcoming season, one that does not get as much attention. It is the yearly pub…
Food has been a passion of Rocco Caggiano (cah-jee-ah-no) since he was a kid. Now he’s grown up to be the Executive Chef for the Boca Grande Club, putting to work all he has learned over the 30 year…
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“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Words spoken after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Former President Franklin Roosevelt would be disappoint…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
With plenty of time to tie up some new bugs, I get excited to try new things. The files these days have better quality hooks, readily available materials and the world of glu…
