Above, Simon Bound at the just restored “twin” to the historic golf clubhouse at the Gasparilla Inn. Photos by Garland
As the fall season opens in Florida and residents come back, one barrier isl…
New Boca Grande Club marketing director
Evelyn Wilusz, 23, started as the Boca Grande Club’s marketing director in June, bringing an interesting background and experience to the new role.
Wilu…
Photographer & local historian
Talk to John Foster Bass IV and it is just as obvious you are in the present as in the past. Bass is a local photographer and diver, involved with a number of l…
Upcoming Homestead Exemption
Amendment 3, which will be on the November general election ballot, would give Florida homeowners a much larger homestead exemption. To pass, it would require 60 perc…
‘P’ for pickleball, and ‘B’ for Boca Grande
Above, Julie Horning with husband Dan and parents Craig and Mary Welch. Photo submitted
Fresh off her children’s book about Boca Grande, Julie Horni…
New at the Boca Grande Fire Department
A 35-year-old former Marine, Dylan Mitchell is beginning a new chapter with the Boca Grande Fire Department after eight years in Sarasota County’s fire serv…
Above, the Little Harbor Marina in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. It was purchased in 2021 and is now advertised as a Suntex Experience. It has operated there since the 1950s. Photo by Garland
John…
Constructing a career as fishing guide
In his nearly two decades on the water, Chris Slattery has turned his lifelong passion for fishing into a career as one of the area’s trusted inshore guides…
Potential World Record in youth soccer
What seemed like another victory for Englewood’s West Coast Chaos U15 soccer team turned into a potential world record a month later when 13-year-old Rowan…
Latest in generation of guide leadership
Above, Dusty with his wife, Nicole, and daughters Alana and Ava. Photo submitted
This year, the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association took on a new re…
