BY OLIVIA CAMERON- The summer season is all about pool days, tennis matches and sending the kids away for a summer stay. For those of you wondering wh...
Come out and cheer for Island School graduates!
STAFF REPORT- This Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 10:30 a.m. you will get a chance to let our Island School fifth grade graduates how proud of the...
BGFGA announces Jay Joiner buckle winner to be announced after Quarantine Classic on June 5
The Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association has announced that the winner of the Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle will be awarded this year to the winne...
‘Win Big’ Waylon Mills takes first in Howl at the Moon
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Capt. Waylon Mills once again showed them all how it’s done in the 16th annual Howl at the Moon Invitational Tarpon Tourname...
Phase I water shortage order declared
BY BONNIE PRINGLE, GIWA – With the past 12-month total rainfall for our area considered severely abnormal, the Governing Board of the Southwest ...
More than $600,000 donated by Boca Grande Woman’s Club through Emergency Relief Fund
STAFF REPORT – Over the past several weeks, the Emergency Relief Fund Task Force has quietly been at work in Boca Grande. Established by the Boc...
Family Tradition takes first in Quarantine Queens Classic
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Never let it be said that William Woodroffe doesn’t know how to put a tarpon tournament together. When he heard that Ladies’...
COVID-19 antibody testing set up by Boca Grande Health Clinic through Quest Diagnostics
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce a COVID-19 antibody test offered through Quest Diagnostics. The test is perf...
Calling all ‘Quarantine Queens’ … the time to fish is this weekend!
STAFF REPORT – Island resident Capt. William Woodroffe has come through for the ladies of the island this weekend, as he has put together the 2...
Body of man found in waters between Little Gasparilla and Gasparilla Island
STAFF REPORT – On Wednesday, May 6 the body of a 60-year-old man was found by emergency personnel in the waters between Little Gasparilla Island...