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The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Saturday, June 7. This year, Amelia Besant will be singing the National Anthem. Teams for the Kids Classic consist of one captain and a maximum of four anglers, who must be eight to 15 years […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Community, News.
Church group questions wording Emails being sent out to support a proposed parking regulation in Boca Grande have not clarified details sought by Gilchrist Avenue churches. An email sent out by the Boca Grande Men’s Club regarding ongoing parking regulations being reviewed by Lee County for Gasparilla Island has resulted in an email sent to […]
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On Tuesday, May 27, Lee County Deputy Sheriff David Scozzafava, while on marked patrol, observed a white Club Car golf cart parked behind the Crews Bank and Trust, matching the description of a golf cart reported stolen from the 5000 block of Gasparilla Road on Sunday, May 25. The golf cart was unoccupied and was […]
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BY ARLENE HALL,BGSTA SECRETARY Month one of sea turtle nesting season is in the books – and more importantly, on the beaches. The season officially began for BGSTA on May 1 and we documented exactly 600 total crawls (including both nests and false crawls) through May 31. Of those 600 crawls, 164 were loggerhead nests […]
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Local artist Watson Wu, a digital sound effects artist and professional photographer, has worked on a new commercial just out for Pennzoil. Wu has a long list of film and commercial clients, including work on Mercedes-AMG and Lexus ads. His most recent project was to capture the sounds of a race car at a drag […]
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Kiwanis Club challenge BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER “Miss Lana Turner, famous movie actress and her husband, Mr. Dan Topping, who spent four days in Boca Grande on their yacht this season will not return again until the Yacht Dock (L Dock) is in better repair and electric current and other facilities […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Last Friday morning, May 30, a sea turtle nest with 144 eggs was relocated from Gasparilla Island State Park due to pending beach renourishment. Shown here, a mother-daughter team, Anna and Raquel Tripp, from Ecological Associates Inc. relocating the nest. Ecological Associates is an environmental consulting company in Florida that does sea turtle monitoring, among […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Community, News.
There is a new sign that things are getting back to normal in Boca Grande. The artwork and pews are returning to Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Fr. Anthony Hewitt, pastor, announced in his church bulletin last week that restoration work on both facets of the church’s physical facility had been completed and would […]
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On Monday, June 2, there were some businesses out of water at the north end of the island. Ron Bolton, executive director of the Gasparilla Island Water Association, said that a directional drilling company hit a water main, which temporarily cut out service for some. The main was quickly repaired. Because of the recent rain, […]
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At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a dumpster fire at 5858 Gasparilla Road. The dumpster was near a storage building and the small fire was reported on the call as not extinguished and “threatening non-residential building.” The fire department responded to the fire in the Marina Village […]