IN THE SPOTLIGHT: John Garland Pollard
There are few Southern gentlemen left, but by outward appearances, so far, John Garland Pollard IV might be one of them. He is our new staff writer at the Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Island Magazin…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Firefighter Stephen Collison
Firefighter Stephen Collison is still pinching himself, hoping his job at the Boca Grande Fire Department is not a cruel joke. He was hired on April 1, so he’s pretty sure by now it’s no April Foo…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Rev. Daphne Johnson
There is a new face, a new style, but an old soul coming to the Lighthouse United Methodist congregation in Boca Grande. The Reverend Daphne Johnson has been named the new pastor, following the ye…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tim Bonisolli
Tim Bonisolli is a man of few words. He prefers to let his actions and his work identify him. That being said, we asked Tim for an interview, now that he’s the new Boca Grande Community Center sup…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Paul and Renata Rozmus
If you happen to be in Boca Grande in the daytime on a Monday or Wednesday, you may be intrigued by the playful or plaintive sound of a lone flute wafting on the air currents. It is not your imagi…
PROFILE: Kevin Mills
Kevin Mills is almost an institution in Boca Grande and Gasparilla Island. Nearly everybody knows him.They recognize him by the brown uniform he wears and the big brown truck he drives, but mostly…
SPOTLIGHT: Gary Robinson
Gary Robinson loves making music. Making it for the people of Boca Grande raises it to a whole new level for him. Gary is the drummer for the new rock band known as “The Green Flash, Boca Grande,”…
PROFILE: Dr. Francine Finucan
Being in the family chiropractic business was not the original plan for Francine Finucan (fah-NU-kin). She was supposed to be a college-educated stay-at-home wife and mother. That was her father’s…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Toni Vanover
It is a common myth that librarians are quiet, dull, and living in a world of fiction most of the time. If that is the image you have, Toni Vanover, Boca Grande’s librarian for the last 20 years, …
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Marty McFadden
If Marty McFadden refers to someone as “kind of an odd duck,” you know he really enjoys being around them. He always has his ear tuned to hearing the previously untold story and the inside details…