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The seeker of lost items; the payment of seeing the immeasurable joy that comes with things found

June 17, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
News

What do people do when they have lost something valuable at the beach? We never quite know how it happens, but when the moment comes, we realize the crisis instantly. We identify the unsettling experience...

BALLYHOO OUTTAKES: Ella Rose graduates, Ballyhoo babies’ birthdays

OBITUARY: Andy Nagle

June 17, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

William A. “Andy” Nagle passed away June 7, 2022 at the age of 60, surrounded by his family on June 7, 2022 in Huntington Beach, California. He was born on August 6, 1961. Andy was preceded in death...

Gasparilla Island Kids Classic photo pages

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2022 Island School Spring Show

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Around the Town

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OBITUARY: Evelyn Wilbur Darna

June 10, 2022
Staff Report
News, Obituaries

One of the island’s leading ladies has left us Evelyn Wilbur Darna, a well-loved member of the Boca Grande community, died surrounded by family in Englewood on June 6, 2022. She was 82. You...

TURTLE TRACKS: Sharks make the list for sea turtle predators, too

June 10, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
News

A female loggerhead whose left fin was destroyed in a shark attack leaving exposed bone, was treated for her injury on May 28, 2022 at the Miami Zoo’s new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami, Florida. She...

OBITUARIES: William ‘Bill’ Heisel

June 10, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

William A. “Bill” Heisel passed away on Monday, May 23, surrounded by his family, one week before his 96th birthday. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife Patricia (nee O’Donnell) and sisters...

SERVICES FOR EVELYN WILBUR DARNA ANNOUNCED FOR THIS FRIDAY …

June 6, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Another part of the island’s heart is gone … In Celebration of Evelyn Wilbur Darna (October 10, 1939 to June 6, 2022), Beloved wife to Merritt “Babe” Darna, Mother to Merritt...