Written by Michelle Starr on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
It was a beautiful sunny early afternoon after days of rain and cold, so I was extra excited to be out and playing around within the Gasparilla Sound on my friend’s boat. Captain Nelson Groome owns Groome’s Bait and sells bait during tarpon season, which is coming quickly, so he is very familiar with the […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Education, Entertainment.
The student theater troupe at Lemon Bay High School is heading to Tampa on March 13 for the Florida State Thespian Festival. There were 21 one-act plays in the district, and Lemon Bay was chosen as one of six to compete at a state level, said Theater Director Gina Barber. Barber believes that the last […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, News.
Longtime employees, friends, rally to cause of lost fathers Three of the four men lost off the coast near Venice in an apparent fishing boat accident on Feb. 17 were employees of Safety Harbor Builders on Gasparilla Island. “We were super close with those men,” said Chip Crawford, a co-owner and CEO of the firm. […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando. Last Thursday, sawfish expert Tonya Wiley delivered a talk in Cape Haze as part of a new Lemon Bay Conservancy lecture series. Wiley, from Havenworth Coastal Conservation in Bradenton, is a world expert on the habits […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.
Money and ministry go hand-in-hand for Larry Hannah. His efforts have shown that, in the right hands, money can be the root of much good, rather than evil. Larry proved that beyond any doubt as he headed up the Boca Grande Disaster Fund, under the wing of the Lighthouse United Methodist Church, following the devastation […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Obituaries.
Friends and family of the late Denee Peyton, who worked as a clerk at The Temptation’s liquor store, Park Ave Wine and Spirits, from 2010 until her recent and unexpected death at age 38, will celebrate her life in March. Peyton died January 23, 2024. Her older sister, Brenda Lee Woods, who is hostess at The […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
Sixty years ago, the National Geographic came to Florida. The magazine devoted over 50 pages to this state, in a major feature called “Florida Rides a Space Age Boom.” Some of us might admit to having a musty December 1963 edition on the shelves in a stack somewhere. (It had an illustration of the “Triumph […]
Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns.
BY K.Y. FUTCH When I first started my secretarial business, I had to use the typewriter at Capt. Charlie Wheeler’s home on Tarpon Street, where I and my husband, Mark, also lived. Charlie was quite the ladies’ man – meaning he did like the ladies. A favorite quote of his was, “I can play a […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.
Lemon Bay Conservancy will host its annual open house from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The free event will be held at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve at 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd. in Englewood. The open house will feature hourly guided nature walks on topics including birds, butterflies, plants, trees, fish […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News.
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club invites residents to celebrate on Saturday, March 9 by joining them at the annual Bike Path Parade and Spring Fair. To represent their love for their island’s past, the club has chosen as a theme the historic railroad line and train that carried both phosphate and passengers to the island […]