Profiles
Profile: Jeff Simmons
January 13, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN Jeff Simmons has spent 25 years working about every position at “The Temp” restaurant and bar on the island. He started out as a busboy in 1991 and is currently a partner/owner of…
Profile: Jonna Foos
January 6, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve stopped into the Boca Grande Health Clinic over the past couple of years, it’s very likely you were greeted with a smile by Jonna Foos. Jonna has been a patient represen…
Profile: Mike Weddle
December 30, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mike Weddle has been alluring people onto the dance floor performing live roll and roll music in Boca Grande for nearly 20 years. Mike has been the lead singer and rhythm guitaris…
Profile Skyler Seidenberg
December 23, 2016
If you’ve visited Gasparilla Island State Park recently, chances are you might have seen Park Ranger Skyler Seidenberg putting up beach flags or doing other various duties during his shift at the par…
Profile: Pearce Presnell
December 16, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Pearce Presnell has been coming to Boca Grande since he was a young boy. His father, an avid boater and fisherman, started bringing him to the island 25 years ago. “We used to vac…
Profile: Donna Caso
December 9, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Although you might not see her on most days when you come into Hudson’s Market to grab lunch, Donna Caso is usually very busy working in the kitchen preparing food and stocking ot…
Profile: Kevin Hyde
December 2, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande real estate broker Kevin Hyde was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and he’s been spending the summers in southwest Florida since he was 5 years old. He remembers when…
Profile: William Woodroffe
November 25, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Some of William Woodroffe’s earliest memories in Boca Grande are of the exciting times he spent learning to cast a line in the water and hoping for a catch. His parents would vaca…
Profile: Richard and Robert Rogers
November 18, 2016
■ BY DEAN M. LAUX If you have not yet met Richard and Robert Rogers, you have been missing out on something. The two brothers, known to most as “Rich” and “Rob,” have proved to be more itinerant…
Profile: Stuie Middleton
November 11, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Stuie Middleton was born in Boca Grande. His earliest memories include spending late nights in the Boca Beacon office when his mother, Patti Middleton, well-known Boca Grande…