Tag: Boca Grande

GICIA announces match challenge and wildlife art auction

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is extremely pleased and encouraged by the outpouring of support toward the purchase of the...

Pass Club’s Wetzel and returning champ Steck in Tennis Expo

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

H Wetzel Jessica Steck BY JEN FIERS The 2016 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series will be held this spring each Wednesday at 4:00 pm at the Boca Grande Club from February 3rd to March...

Boca Blooms to host open house next weekend

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Bob Swisher, Eric Haronowski, Barb King, Andre Roslikov, Constance McMahon and Dodo Hamilton. BY SUE ERWIN The owners of a new floral shop in town called Boca Blooms will be hosting an open...

Suncoast Humane Society Honored with Top 4-Star Rating

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

The board of trustees and staff are proud to announce that Suncoast Humane Society has received the coveted 4-star rating by Charity Navigator. This top honor, from America’s largest...

D strong at The Great Wall

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

A little 8-year-old boy from Rhode Island is traveling the world without leaving his bed. Dorian Murray has terminal cancer, but his supporters worldwide bring him some comfort. You might...

Register now for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

If tennis is your game, you have just a few short days to register for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic, sponsored by the Boca Beacon. It will be held from Saturday, Jan. 23 to...

Restaurants announced for TIS Chowder Dinner next week

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

A good bowl of chowder is hard to beat, and buying one for a good cause makes it taste even better. The Island School’s second annual Chowder Dinner and Auction will be held on Saturday, Jan....

The Crackers and the Yankees duke it out in book by local gardening guru

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY SUE ERWIN Sitting in his summer home near Asheville, North Carolina, Boca Grande seasonal resident Edd Dean wrote a book called “The Secret Fortune.” The fictional book is about Boca...

Monitoring storms on Gasparilla Island: What’s the best way?

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Saturday, Jan. 9 an EF2 tornado with winds upward of 130 mph tore across Cape Coral and left up to 10,000 people with property damage and without power. January in...

Cleaning those closets? Need to simplify?

To the Editor:If you’re cleaning those closets and realize you have too much stuff, consider donating no-longer-needed items to the United Methodist Women’s Strawberry Festival, to be sold to...