Tag: Gasparilla Island

GICIA plays a part in Gilchrist palm tree planting

December 16, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA As we enter the holiday season, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is pleased to see new trees being planted along the Gilchrist...

Historic Preservation Board debates 3rd Street property access

December 16, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board met Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss four agenda items. The first request was to rehabilitate 271 Gilchrist Avenue. The applicant...

Zoe Guy update: Chemo goes on, but remission is a reality for 3-year-old

December 16, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Diane Todd and her sisters, Trisha and Judy, wish to thank the community for their support of Diane’s 3-year-old granddaughter, Zoe Guy, A few months ago, when...

Profile: Pearce Presnell

December 16, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Pearce Presnell has been coming to Boca Grande since he was a young boy. His father, an avid boater and fisherman, started bringing him to the island 25 years ago. “We used to...

Obit: Alice Beatrice ‘Beasie’ Churchman du Pont

Alice Beatrice (Beasie) Churchman du Pont, 100, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016 at her home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in September 22, 1916 in Morristown, N.J. and was the...

Obituary: Zachary Allen Davis

Zachary Allen Davis of Port Charlotte passed away on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 at the age of 37. Zachary was born on April 8, 1979 in Richmond, Indiana. Zachary was a 2004 graduate of Pennsylvania...

Seelie made it to the Pearl Harbor celebration!

To the Editor: Pearl Harbor survivors John Seelie (left), from Engwood, Florida, and Edward Stone, from Syracuse, New York, talk during a tour of the USS Arizona Memorial. Dec. 7, 2016 marks...

It’s time to light the Lighthouse!

December 9, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT All are invited to celebrate the annual lighting of the Lighthouse with Christmas lights, live entertainment, appetizer and more. The date of the event is Saturday, Dec. 10. Gates...

Farmers Market scheduled to return to Wheeler Road

December 9, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The weekly island Farmers Market is coming back. Boca Grande Farm and Fish Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays starting on January 6, 2017. The market will...

Range Light – a ghostly figure

December 9, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN I f you’ve visited the beach near the range light recently, you have probably not only seen but heard the progress workers are making on the restoration project over the past...