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The Princeton Fishing Team has once again returned to Boca Grande for their annual spring fishing trip. Their trip is a spring tradition that began about 35 years ago, and which continues to this day. For several weeks every year in February and March members of the team, which number about 20 ladies and gentlemen, […]
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The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will install new pavement and bicycle markings to make it for safer bicyclists who cross the bridge. “We have bikes, we have cars,” said GIBA Executive Director Kathy Banson. “We had a unicycle last week.” The markings were announced at a special board meeting on Wednesday, March 19. The new […]
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Easter is almost a month away, but plans are under way among Boca Grande churches to honor the religious foundations of this holiday by holding special services on Easter Sunday and the week leading up to Easter, which is April 20 this year. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will begin the Easter festivities early with a […]
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Levi Herman, Stumpy Joe and Farney are shown playing last week next to Jeri’s Juice and Barnichol Hardware. Photo by Cheryl
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‘80s vintage, plus a few alligator bags Ready for the return of the Bermuda bag? The Stylish Sloane, Suzy Smith, is Texas collector and fashion stylist and seller who has made a specialty of vintage bags, and was visiting here on island. She was here this week for a trunk show at The Gasparilla Inn. […]
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In the category of a good deed punished, the Gulf Shores North Property Owners Association has been relandscaping and removing the non-native vegetation around Gasparilla Lake, which is on Gulf Shores Drive. The property is the important visual gateway to Boca Grande, as it is the first bit of property seen to the right as […]
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The March/April edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes and shopping. Featured stories include a mysterious Gilded-Age death in Punta Gorda, a collection of letters dating back to the 1920s, the poem “Identity” by Carol Sundberg, a history of the Snowbirds of Yesterday, an informative article […]
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Pancakes are being prepared with cheerful hands! Ginny Bell and Rich Houck are busy at work. Stop in for pancakes every Tuesday through April 8 at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church. See here for more photos. […]
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A PDF version of the draft ordinance from February 2025 that has been circulating on Gasparilla Island.
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Church land use attorney addresses Lee Commission During the regular Lee County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning, March 4, several members of the Boca Grande community, as well as an attorney hired by the churches, spoke on the parking issue during the public comment period. “We need to have them welcome this, the changes, and […]