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Family celebrates St. Patrick’s day rescue with EMS

BY MELISSA CSANK St. Patrick’s Day has a special significance for my family. Ten years ago, on that day, my family experienced a life-altering event at the Boca Grande Club. My father, heading...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Cleveland, Third generation in local art

March 8, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

The COVID pandemic was a terrible thing, but it had some incredibly good and unexpected impacts in some people’s lives. Rebecca Cleveland is one of those lucky people. It was when she discovered...

Island Emergency Operations Center design unveiled March 5

March 7, 2024
Staff Report
Police & Fire

BY G.B. (BO) HAMRICKPROJECT COORDINATOR The Boca Grande Fire Department’s Emergency Communications and Interoperability Working Group has completed the new Island (standby) Emergency Operations...

The Island Golfer: Cap patrol prevents sandbaggers from unfair advantage

Hang around the first tee at any golf club and you will hear foursomes pair off for friendly games of wager. This includes the exchange of player handicaps which, thanks to advancements to the...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Called to a life of faith, in Boca Grande

February 29, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

There is something special about Garth Bailey. It only takes a few minutes talking to him to know what it is. He is unabashedly in love with the Lord. Garth is from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, but...

Redundant systems and Boca Grande’s Auxcomm

February 29, 2024
Garland Pollard
Editorial

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, communications for Cape Haze and Boca Grande went back to the pre-Flintstones era. That might sound extreme. It is not, as Barney and Fred had dial phones...

Fust Library Foundation offers writing and research roundtable March 14

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

On March 14, at 4 p.m., local writers Linda Fairstein, Susan Hanafee, Candice Shy Hooper and Bobbie Marquis will gather in the loggia of the Johann Fust Community Library to talk about how they...

February 29, 2024
Garland Pollard
Breaking News, News

Longtime employees, friends, rally to cause of lost fathers Three of the four men lost off the coast near Venice in an apparent fishing boat accident on Feb. 17 were employees of Safety Harbor...