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In news from the most recent meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, members approved allowing Lee County to install a license tag reader on the bridge, as well as noting a 19 percent increase in traffic in the first half of the fiscal year. Currently, GIBA keeps the tag information of drivers crossing the […]
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Captiva Island will hold a special election on May 21, 2024. It will seek to approve the Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s ability to finance a beach nourishment for up to $25 million. The District’s management notes that all funding opportunities will be exhausted before any property assessment is levied against the property owners of Captiva. […]
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Lighthouse United Methodist Church has given a local school $3,100 from their Pancake Breakfast. The money will support the in-house food bank at Myakka River Elementary School. This school is only 6 miles from the Boca Grande bridge and currently has 32 homeless families. They are the most needy of all the schools we represent, […]
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BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY The 2024 sea turtle nesting season for Gasparilla Island officially kicked off on May 1, and runs through October 31. Trained Turtle Patrol volunteers with the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association will be out during early morning hours throughout the nesting season, surveying the beach for sea turtle nests, marking […]
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Brent Cross, the assistant general manager of The Gasparilla Inn, has been named its president and general manager. Cross has, for the past 15 years, served in multiple offices at The Inn, from front office and housekeeping to finance and special projects. In 2021, Brent was appointed assistant general manager where his duties included oversight […]
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A driver towing an oversized boat hit and broke the electronic toll gate sign on the middle toll lane of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority plaza at 12:14 a.m. on April 18, causing an estimated $11,000 in damage. “The person driving the vehicle did not stop,” said Kathy Banson, GIBA executive director, at the quarterly […]
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The Hilarium received a warm welcome as she pulled into the Boca Grande Marina on Thursday afternoon, May 2. Hilarium is a motor yacht built by Royal Hakvoort Shipyard from The Netherlands and owned by the Nicholas family of Boca Grande. She has been in Fort Lauderdale for the season undergoing repairs, but this week […]
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Editors note: Keylime Bistro reopened on Friday, May 3 after a follow-up inspection on Thursday, May 2 during which the restaurant met all inspection standards. The Keylime Bistro and the companion Loose Caboose Ice Cream Shoppe were temporarily closed by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation for several high priority violations on Monday, […]
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Jon Reecher, who has led The Gasparilla Inn & Club as general manager for the last 11 years, announced his retirement last week. Reecher joined The Gasparilla Inn 16 years ago from The Greenbrier in West Virginia. At The Gasparilla, he served first as director of food and beverage, and later as general manager. “It’s […]
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The Florida Department of Transportation is holding a public workshop for a project called the Pine Island Road Shared Use Path Feasibility Study on May 7 at Pine Island United Methodist in Bokeelia. The workshop will also be available online. This study will evaluate the feasibility of connecting the existing shared use path network and […]