Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.
There is something special about Garth Bailey. It only takes a few minutes talking to him to know what it is. He is unabashedly in love with the Lord. Garth is from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, but lives and works in Boca Grande during the season. He works as a server for The Gasparilla Inn and […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: Thank you for the great editorial in the paper this week. (See Lake Okeechobee’s overflowing, Feb. 16, 2023). We’re at the apex of a life-threatening water disaster here in Florida and our community seems to think that someone else will fix it. Everyone needs to be pro-active when it comes to clean […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, communications for Cape Haze and Boca Grande went back to the pre-Flintstones era. That might sound extreme. It is not, as Barney and Fred had dial phones with animal horns, and TVs with actual rabbit ears on top. The power was out, as was the internet and phone service. […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Community History, Events, News.
Closing out the season’s History Bytes series was a lively hour of story-telling by jack-of-many- trades and master of all of them, Viola Dyer. She came to the island in the 1980s and established the Pass Marina at the southern tip of the island, before the area around Belcher Road was developed. It was a […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Entertainment, Events, Featured News, News.
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair, All Aboard the Boca Grande Express, arrives on Saturday, March 9. Come out and celebrate what makes Boca Grande special and have a great time with friends and neighbors. It all starts with the Bike Path Parade. It begins promptly at 10:30 a.m. near the traffic cones on […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Events, News.
The restaurant Rum Bay in the Palm Island Resort on Palm Island has a new look and fully renovated interior and exterior. “It’s got a new logo, a new menu, a new chef and a new general manger,” said Rob Brown, general manager of Palm Island Resort. The restaurant was one of the first places […]
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 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 […]