Above, lightning poses dangers to buildings and people, in this 2024 photo taken near the Range Light. Sandi Firtion
Florida used to be called the lightning capital, having been dethroned by Okl…
A family legacy of music
After a career with Microsoft and now with a technology startup, Jason Wickman has gone back to a longtime hobby: not only singing, but songwriting. This year, he put out…
Our local community radio station
Above, Kerri Black gives a tour of the station to local chamber guests. In the background is the studio. Photo by Garland
On Wednesday this week during a mor…
The 70th Anniversary of Andrea Doria sinking July 26, 1956
Perhaps one of the most famous maritime disasters, and the first steamship disaster to receive extensive television coverage, was the si…
Perhaps one of the most useful trends unleashed by the Bicentennial in 1976 was a nationwide interest in family history. And what it took was often some family member, the family historian, who not…
In 1958, gray skies and rain marred the Fourth of July in Boca Grande. But it was still perhaps the biggest Fourth of July ever for the island, as that Fourth marked the opening of the Gasparilla Is…
Releasing an album, after publishing a book of poetry, is hardly the next step for most logistics and medical supply entrepreneurs. But David Parker Allen decided to give a new blues and country alb…
New at Lighthouse United Methodist
Following the departure of the Rev. Daphne Johnson from Lighthouse United Methodist Church, the congregation will welcome the Rev. Beth Demme from Tallahassee n…
Fishing captain & father
Above, Eddie Potter with his twins, Hugh and Ranona, who attend Lemon Bay. Photo submitted
To win in the first tarpon tournament you ever enter or fish is somethin…
On the winning team Blaze
This year, for the first time since Jake Poepl has been on the team, Blaze, captained by Waylon Mills, won the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament.
Poepl will be back t…
