Turtle Association needs help with funding, mule parking
BY THE BGSTA The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association is sending out this SOS, in desperate need of local residents’ help in two areas: a place to keep our UTV during nesting season and financial support for the organization. The BGSTA recently learned that we lost our home for our Kawasaki Mule UTV, affectionately called […]
Tree work on Bike Path follows hurricane damage assessment
BY THE GICIA
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has completed a professional tree assessment along the GICIA Bike Path. The assessment, conducted o…
OPINION: GICIA encourages courtesy on the Bike Path during peak season use
BY THE GICIA
As spring brings an increase in seasonal residents, visitors and daily activity, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association reminds the commun…
Remembering Capt. John ‘Tater’ Spinks as a mentor and friend
I’ve been blessed to share time with many amazing people in my life. Several of them are legends in our fishing world. They took time from their lives to help me navigate life an…
The Island Golfer: The clubs keeping caddie culture alive
There is something uniquely satisfying about the ritual of it. You arrive at the first tee, the bag is already waiting, a caddie standing quietly alongside it. Before a word is s…
EcoWatch: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! – Raise Concerns of the Day
The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948. Indian lawyer, anticolonial nationalist, and leader of the indepe…
State reopens Don Pedro Island for beach access
The island section of Don Pedro Island State park reopened officially March 6, 2026.
However, the dock and facilities are unavailable, so there is only access by private craft…