Tag: Boca Grande
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part III Measuring buildings and making amendments
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development in Boca Grande and on Gasparilla Island.
It’s a scene from the early 1980s that...
Chase Taylor doing well after foul ball accident, meets Tebow
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Chase Taylor is a very lucky little boy.
After being hit with a foul ball at a Stone Crabs game on August 8, he is not only well on his way to recovery but also got to meet Tim Tebow...
Profile Mitch Smith
■ BY SUE ERWIN
Mitch Smith recalls spending the summer months of his youth at day camp at the Boca Grande Community Center.
His father, Myron, worked for a cleaning business on the island for many years....
Never forget that Texas could have been us
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
This week many of us watched in horror as Hurricane Harvey turned into a nasty houseguest who wouldn’t leave and left thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana homeless, displaced...
Make Boca Grande quiet again … redux
To the Editor:
Thanks for all the verbal support received concerning leafblower noise and health hazards. Remember … if daily and weekly leafblowing were done every other day and week, noise and...
A smooth surface: GICIA bike path resurfacing has begun
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – It has been more than 30 years since the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) bike path was constructed and opened to the public.
In that...
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part II Building in Boca, and a war of words over the island’s future
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development in Boca Grande and on Gasparilla Island.
As the tarpon season is getting underway...
Bridge scale lane set to reopen Monday
■ STAFF REPORT – The installation of the Boca Grande swing bridge’s new scale lane is almost complete, and it is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Aug. 28 at 5:45 a.m. The Gasparilla Island Bridge...
PROFILE: Karen Kelly
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Known for her smiling face and pleasant manner, Karen Kelley wears many hats at The Island School, where she has been employed since the school started back in 1999. Karen worked...