Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
There is officially a new person to call on-island for iguana removal, with former iguana hunter, George Cera, named as the secondary vendor. The new iguana hunter in town, Brian Ambrose, is a technician for Blue Iguana Pest Control Inc., which has been around for 15 years. The company was named primary vendor for “population […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Panelists at the annual Red Tide Forum shared that the latest word on red tide could be turmeric. The fourth in-person Red Tide Forum was held in the Community Center Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon, March 19. The forum was hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in partnership with the Barrier Island Parks Society. The […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Uncategorized.
In Boca Grande, a number of civic-minded island residents showed up to assist Kathy Crumb from Lee County, who worked with her husband Duane Crumb at the polls Tuesday. The county is always in need of workers because of the distance from Fort Myers. For two decades, regulars Jay Whipple and Jay and Sue Spurgeon […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News.
In-person vote in both counties had Trump tied Even though Donald J. Trump had sealed up the Republican nomination a week before during Super Tuesday primaries, a few voters still came out Tuesday, March 19 for the Florida Presidential Preference Primary. In both Charlotte and Lee County precincts representing Gasparilla Island, Haley actually tied Trump […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: Boca Grande celebrated the 2024 Boca Grande Woman’s Club Bike Parade and Fair on March 9. “All Aboard the Boca Grande Express” was possible thanks to the 100 or so dedicated Woman’s Club members and community volunteers who helped both prior to the big day as well as during the events. It […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: I would like to comment on the proposed Boca Grande Peninsula and Marina project to be built by Cookie Potter and Jay Feinberg at the historic Gasparilla Fishery site in Placida. As a direct descendant of Gus and Addie Cole, who came to the area in 1918 and helped to build and […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
This Tuesday, retired history teacher and certified tour guide David Bredemus brought a tour bus to Boca Grande. It was not an ordinary bus tour group, interested in drinks, theater or casinos. Instead, the group from All Around Tours was interested in Florida history, all of it. The group was from around the Sarasota area. […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.
A ballerina and a hopeless romantic meet at an art exhibit by the famous French artist Rodin’s statue of “The Kiss.” Of course, they fall in love almost instantly. Things get in the way, but eventually they get together, marry and live happily ever after on a beautiful island. Hallmark writers could not have come […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
The coyote is here to stay in Florida. Indeed, we have had coyotes for quite some time. In fact, right now, if you live anywhere in Florida, you will share the landscape with coyotes, or Canis latrans. They are found across the state and have been documented in all 67 counties. They are common in […]
Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR When spring comes the world is new again and the great outdoors speaks to us in so many ways. This spring has been full of rain and the nesting birds have are missing many of the trees that were used before the hurricane in the fall of 2022. Nature is incredibly […]