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Flexjet to host static display at Coral Creek Airport in March

Flexjet and Coral Creek Airport will host a display featuring some of the newest personal aircraft on the market, on Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aircraft on display include the super light jet Phenom 300, the super midsize Legacy 500 and the large cabin Gulfstream 450. A rain date has been […]

Art for Dudes workshop offered

BY SUE ERWIN – Local artist Jack Horner will be teaching a class called “Watercolor for Dudes” beginning on Monday, Feb. 29. The class for “dudes” will take place on Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 29, March 1 and March 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The class is conducted in watercolor, as it is […]

PROFILE: Barbara Runck

BY SUE ERWIN – Island visitor Barbara Runck has been coming to Boca Grande with her husband, Dick, since she first heard about it more than 30 years ago. Her nephew bought a condo here decades ago and, once she came to visit with her husband, they decided to spend a winter month at the […]

Obituary: William G. Winterer

William George Winterer, former owner of the historic Griswold Inn in Essex, Connecticut, devout Roman Catholic, fierce defender of free enterprise and personal liberty, raconteur, and philanthropist, died peacefully at his home in Boca Grande, Florida on February 19, 2016. He was 81 and had been in failing health for several months. Bill was born […]

Editorial: A tribute to a great man

On February 19 the island lost a beautiful soul. Mr. Bill Winterer passed away, and even though we knew he wasn’t well it was still a shock. If you read his obituary you will see he was a very accomplished man, a man known for many impressive things. But I wanted to take a moment […]

Saying good-bye to the old Boca Grande Swing

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Friday, Feb. 12 the last piece of steel was removed from the old swing bridge, and with it a significant piece of Gasparilla Island’s history turned into lore. According to Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Executive Director Kathy Banson-Verrico they will still be breaking up concrete, taking out pilings and taking […]

You might see a mermaid downtown …

Neptune’s daughter will be cruising the streets of Boca Grande and stirring up island magic as she invites guests to the Barrier Island Parks Society’s 20th Annual Green Gala with the theme “Under the Sea.” The event will be held on Friday, March 18 at the Boca Bay Pass Club from 6 to 11 p.m. […]

Growing up in Boca Grande in days gone by: History Bytes ‘Our bikes didn’t need brakes, because there were no cars around to stop for’

■ BY SUE ERWIN – Rick Montgomery and Loretta Tucker-Atha spoke to a crowd at the Johann Fust Library on Wednesday morning about their childhood memories of growing up in Boca Grande in the late 1960s through the early 1990s. The event was part of the 2016 History Bytes series. The Montgomery family lived above The […]

Health Clinic issues Zika virus update

■ BY DR. JEFFREY HUMBARGER – Since my last post, I have had many phone calls and questions regarding Zika, especially from ladies with pregnant daughters who may be visiting Boca Grande. As of February 10, the last reporting date, there have been 52 travel-related cases and no cases from insect vectors (mosquitos) in the U.S. […]