It is now less than two weeks until the nation’s 250th anniversary. Those of us who lived through 1976, and who are approaching this event, cannot help but think wistfully about how important the Bi…
The founding fathers of America are frequently counted merely as the privileged and the victors. In the common (mis)understanding of American history, they were simply the nation’s wealthiest elite…
Who could be lucky enough to have caught the last few moments of The Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday? No, it was not in Saratoga, New York, where the Belmont was held this year for the last t…
This week, the Florida legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis came together to put a property tax referendum before voters. The November referendum will ultimately increase the Homestead exemption from $…
This week, a particularly welcome sight appeared at the Placida Boat Ramp: a trailer full of blue crab traps, tended by crabbers heading out to Charlotte Harbor and Lemon Bay. It is that season once…
Tonight marks the end of a great American institution. CBS Radio, after 99 years, will broadcast its final news program Friday at 11:30 p.m., Eastern Time. CBS Radio News, the last surviving part of…
This Wednesday at the second meeting of the Boca Grande Parking Committee, they heard from a number of business owners and managers who asked for “seasonality” in the enforcement of parking restrict…
Tuesday was the unveiling of the new Boca Grande Health Clinic. It is a great moment not only for Gasparilla Island and the surrounding region, but for American medicine in general. That sounds far…
This Friday, something very happy is happening for the island: the groundbreaking, without fanfare, of the Boca Grande Preschool. The school will return to the island.
It is a recognition of hard…
As theater at the Boca Grande Community Center, it was about as good as it gets, but not truly in the way of a Royal Palm Players production.
On a Wednesday afternoon, the new Boca Grande Parking…
