To the Editor:
As we embrace this season, we are deeply grateful for the strength and generosity that define our island community.
To our incredible clinic staff: After the storms, you showed…
Last Friday, the Good Gulf pink pump returned to Park Avenue, in front of Hudson’s Grocery. Monday, Hudson’s reopened. Thank you to the staff of Hudson’s, the Wise family, BGI Painting and so many o…
“When you give someone your time you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give is your time.”
Rick Warr…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The holiday season is in full swing here in Boca Grande and the fish have been biting!
The cold weather and fronts have got the backcountry fish fired up and on the mo…
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
For many years, Christmas Eve at the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Community House brought Santa and gifts. The Community House was opened in 1936. Mrs…
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…
