Tag: The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club

Chowder Dinner set for Jan. 17

December 19, 2024
Staff Report
Education, Events, News

The Island School PTO 9th Annual Chowder Dinner will take place on Friday, Jan. 17, 6 to 9 p.m. at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. They will offer delicious soups and chowders from all of our...

Shifting sands on the Gulf

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

Across the island, sand deposited inland has gone back out on the beach. With the tides from each day, they are quickly moved up and down the island. Here, three views of the area by The...

A new (temporary) sandy ‘road’ along the Gulf front

November 7, 2024
Garland Pollard
Editorial

Many who love Florida travel know that in Daytona Beach, in Volusia County, there is a strip of beach where you can drive your car, and park it. The practice is a relic of the olden days of...

Historic Preservation Board approves Gasparilla Inn Beach Club Phase II plan, Gilchrist Avenue garage

December 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Beach Club rehabilitation, a taller garage vs. a small house, and giving contributing status to a home on Whiskey Row were three interesting items the Boca Grande Historic...

Boca Grande celebrates a decade of Hope for Haitians

February 26, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Haiti is no stranger to crisis. The Caribbean nation yet again is in the midst of a conflict affecting the entire country. Food For The Poor, and donors such as Boca Grande Hope for...

5th Street parking lot looks a little different lately

April 21, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT You may have noticed some subtle changes to the 5th Street parking lot by The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. Okay, well, they’re actually huge changes, but they are the same changes we...

Borza marine art to be featured at 8th annual BTT fundraiser

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re a fan of marine art and the conservation of our water, mark your calendar now and make plans to attend the 8th Annual BTT Boca Grande fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 3...

Lee County commissioners to vote on 5th Street parking lot expansion October 4

September 30, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE When Lee County commissioners meet on Tuesday, Oct. 4, they will be discussing the expansion of the public, County-owned parking lot located at the west end of 5th...

Educational summit features educational celebrities

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN At an educational summit held on Tuesday, April 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center, some of the nation’s top educators gathered with islanders to talk about new trends and...