The Boca Grande Fire Department held a ceremony last week on Wednesday, May 15 to promote Patrick O’Connor, Jason Hutchinson and Dustin Rossow to lieutenants.
Family members, friends and membe…
Planning begins to ensure island leadership is ready for hurricanes
Leaders of many island organizations gathered Monday to talk about the upcoming hurricane season and working together in the…
Each year, the fifth graders at The Island School write of their favorite moments at the school, and their future plans, just before graduation. Below, our graduates:
Sophie Benson
I wa…
The Englewood Sailing Association is offering three summer camps for kids ages 8 to 17 for the summer of 2024.
Each camp is one week, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Sailing Center a…
The Englewood charity Kids Needs received a generous donation of $15,000 from the Lighthouse UMC Strawberry Festival. Pictured are, from left, the Rev. Daphne Johnson, Co-Chairs Amy Mitchell and L…
Caterpillars earlier this month denuded many of the leaves of the historic banyan trees on Banyan Street, thought it appears that the trees are beginning to recover as of this week. Visitor Collee…
Heading to Alabama; left island Wednesday
The surprise visit of one of the last two remaining Navy PT boats to Gasparilla Island caused a stir on its visit this week. A Facebook post called the…
For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Blaze” is leading, according to leaderboard results.
The tournament began this week and was held Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday…
Locals have alerted the Boca Beacon to a number of possibly derelict boats off of Gasparilla Island. In recent weeks, at the north end in Charlotte County, there have been two abandoned boats, and…
The state of Florida has a robust program for derelict boats.
During recent hurricanes, there were hundreds of boats in area waters, many abandoned. There were some, including a sailboat on the…
