BY DUANE ZOBRIST, OWNER GASPARILLA ADVENTURES
As a business owner in downtown Boca Grande, I’ve watched our island community flourish through hospitality, charm, and the warmth of local businesse…
To the Editor:
Our County Commissioner Kevin Ruane has studied our island parking intensively and talked to all different constituencies. He has adapted a plan for Boca Grande that he succe…
A favorite beach book, for generations, has been Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “Gift from the Sea.” It uses shells as a metaphor for fixing the stresses of modern America. The book is ultimately not about…
To the Editor:
I read with increasing disappointment and real concern about the Lee County Commission’s continued failure to commit to any real transparency regarding the parking issue in B…
Early Thursday morning, there were high winds across the island. They caused waves that washed away newly deposited sand. Those winds, which brought much-needed rain, rustled the yellow reflective s…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Spring is almost here on Boca Grande and the fishing has been very good! We are still experiencing some unsettled weather patterns with high winds out of both the north a…
The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to affect humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all wars of the 20th century combined. The virus that wreaked this havoc a…
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
The Roaring Twenties and The Jazz Age are just a few of the labels that historians have applied to this unique period of U.S. history. Altho…
An open letter to those Gasparilla neighbors who seek church parking restrictions
BY PETER SODERBERG CHAIR OF COUNCIL LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST
Once again we face a parking restrictions camp…
Will not give up on Gasparilla, a magnificent place
To the Editor:
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for taking a stand against those who would discourage visitors by limiting p…
