Tag: Boca Grande

What the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament means to a good ol’ island girl

■ BY KELLY REARK BORZA For more than a decade my mom and I fished the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament together in Boca Grande Pass aboard my dad’s boat – the Salty Cracker. Mom and I love fishing, and...

Lots of island memories from the Bell family

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lowell Bell sat on a park bench, staring down Park Avenue one morning, amazed at what he was seeing. While the 82-year-old had visited Boca Grande a few years ago, it was only a...

World-class art meets world-class fishing at invitational festival

■ STAFF REPORT The 2017 Boca Grande Tarpon Festival is almost here, and excitement is brewing as the island prepares for this annual event. This Tarpon Festival will be held on Friday and...

New part-time volunteer opportunities at BGHS

■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Are you interested in getting more involved with the community? Do you enjoy meeting new people?Are you passionate about preserving our unique...

‘Tis spring, and the male manatee’s thoughts turn to … love

May 12, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The temperature is getting balmier and the water is getting warmer, and the manatees know what they should be doing this time of year. Mating season has started, and many manatees...

Profile: Roselle Agles

■ BY SUE ERWIN You might see her cruising around town in her pink golf cart or walking the beach with her giant white “polar bear,” a Samoyed canine name Sage. Roselle Agles makes her way around...

Englewood Bank & Trust collecting food for the troops

To the Editor: Kevin Hagan, president of Englewood Bank & Trust, announced that the bank will serve as a collection point for nonperishable food items and toiletries for the Rotary Club of...

Scuttled

May 5, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ This sailboat ran aground on a sandbar in Gasparilla Pass (Gulf side) last weekend, and is definitely a hazard to navigation at night. Look to your north off the middle bridge, and it is located...

BGFD firefighters create life-saving grid system

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Gasparilla Island and its surrounding waters have thousands upon thousands of visitors every year who come for the fishing, the boating and the beaches. Out of those thousands...

Looking to land a big one? Sign up now for tournaments

■ STAFF REPORT The tarpon are biting in the Pass and tournament season is heating up in Boca Grande, so make sure you’re signed up for all the events you’re interesting in fishing. The first event...