When people get worked up and annoyed about the issues of parking in Boca Grande, one concept that comes up, over and over again, is consistency in application. Fairness.
The emblem of this issue…
This weekend on Gasparilla Island was not a major holiday, just a plain old summer weekend. The weather was clear, and visitors came, while so many of our regulars have gone home. The tarpon crowd k…
The issue of parking in Boca Grande came up, yet again. Like so many issues that involve the island, it came up after most of the seasonal regulars had left, and cannot be heard.
A quick recap. T…
If readers head to the end of 5th Street in Boca Grande, they will see a seaside attraction like no other. It is a wood fence, built completely across the whole length of the street, blocking access…
This week, the English comedian and actor Russell Brand held a podcast discussion on God with scientist Bret Weinstein.
Most do not know Weinstein. Many do not know who Brand is; he is a Br…
This week, the Boca Grande Quarantine Station house went on the market (see pages 16-17).
One feature of the house is a working, wooden cistern. During Hurricane Ian, the tank was disconnected f…
A thank you to Capt. Jim Hoyt for organizing the welcome to the yacht Hilarium last Thursday, bringing her back to Boca Grande Marina. As a publication, we appreciate those last minute calls. And ad…
The publisher of this newspaper has an expression that he is fond of repeating. In Boca Grande, every day is different, but every year is the same.
This can be seen in our column to the left of t…
There are many “very important” and “formerly very important” or “previously important” or “pretty important” people on Gasparilla Island. We have acronyms for them. This week, we spied one of the w…
Earth Day is coming up this weekend. This week, we have a column about Earth Day from Delores Savas as well as a small article about one of the Earth Day activities in our news section. There are al…
