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Boca Grande Fire Department wins Florida Press award for public service project

August 8, 2024
Staff Report
News, Police & Fire

Boca Grande Fire Department Chief C.W. Blosser, along with BGFD and Auxcomm staff, won second place at the Florida Press Association’s 2024 Weekly Newspaper Contest for a service project under the...

History: Boca Grande resident and actor, impeccably mannered Brian Aherne

BY KAREN GRACE Famous stars have been coming to Gasparilla Island for years, from Lana Turner to Robert Redford, Harrison Ford and Michael Keaton. The most famous was Katherine Hepburn, a...

New plans for 3rd Street Bistro at Historic Preservation Board

Addition to Banyan residence also on Preservation Board agenda Wednesday There are two cases in front of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday, Aug. 14, including the...

Olympian practice in Boca Grande takes gold in Paris

Gold medalist Cole Hocker captured in viral video On Tuesday, Aug. 6, Team USA’s Cole Hocker won a gold medal in the men’s 1,500-meter race at the Paris Olympics and broke an Olympic...

Gasparilla economics experiment with the family

August 8, 2024
Guest Columnist
Columns, Society

BY MATTHEW HACKL There are few times in life you find the opportunity to upgrade from uncle to “the cool uncle.” My venture arrived in the form of a Gasparilla Island shopping spree....

Daring Coast Guard sailboat rescue 60 miles off Boca Grande

Coast Guard aircrews rescued two adrift boaters, Sunday, after their 34-foot sailing vessel lost its sail 73 miles off Boca Grande. No injuries were reported. An Air Station Miami HC-144...

Hermitage Artist Retreat and Sarasota County Agree to lease extension

August 2, 2024
Evan Dunbar
News

Sarasota Board of County Commissioners approved an amendment to the Hermitage Artist Retreat lease on Manasota Key. The amendment extends the lease term of the Hermitage and provides other safety...

Calusa Waterkeeper holds Taps Flow for H2O brewery event

August 2, 2024
Sheila Evans
Events

Throughout August, all join Calusa Waterkeeper at local top breweries and bars that will let the Taps Flow for H2O. The event starts on Aug. 3-4 at Millennial Brewing in downtown Fort Myers, and...

Lee County monitoring the weekend weather; links to report local flooding, ditches

August 2, 2024
Staff Report
News

Lee County Emergency Management is monitoring the tropics and is in communication with its state and federal partners at the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service...

What’s open on Gasparilla Island in early August 2024

August 2, 2024
Staff Report
Uncategorized

August is quieter on Gasparilla Island, but boutiques and eateries are still open, albeit with some limited hours. Below are just some of the store reports we have from island retailers and...