Path to repair lives challenges many
As the holidays arrive, Boca Grande finds itself in a season unlike any other. While the spirit of community endures, the effects of Hurricanes Helene and Mil…
To the Editor:
Boca Grande has a newly planted Shady Lady community tree.
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club and the entire community are so grateful to Michelle and Stephen Hazeltine for their gene…
As the island celebrates the opening of so many businesses and The Gasparilla Inn, there will be one more herald of the upcoming season, one that does not get as much attention. It is the yearly pub…
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Words spoken after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Former President Franklin Roosevelt would be disappoint…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
With plenty of time to tie up some new bugs, I get excited to try new things. The files these days have better quality hooks, readily available materials and the world of glu…
BY GARY MARTIN
It has just come to our attention that an elderly, but highly experienced, deer hunter was attacked earlier today, within his own home, by a 10-point whitetail buck. The hunter was…
Favorite Maine loafer, maybe tassels next?
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
I scrimped together the money for my first pair of Bass Weejuns when I was a senior in college and working part-time at Nathan Hale’…
For folks returning to Gasparilla Island, large piles of hurricane debris lining Gasparilla Road have been the dominant image. While much of the debris has been removed, there is still plenty to go…
“I have come to a resolution myself, as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
A record setting year all around for the 29th annual Gasparilla Island Fly Fishing Tournament presented by Gasparilla Outfitters. This year the tournament hosted fifteen…
