STAFF REPORT – Two questions on the recently completed Boca Grande Community Planning Association survey touched on land, or water use regulatio...
While Payroll Protection is looking up, unemployment filing problems plague furloughed island workers
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that on May 4 some retail shops and restaurants would be opening for limited bus...
The show must go on! Spark TV to present online play May 2
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Even without hot stage lights and quirky costume design, the theatre lives on in Spark Boca Grande’s eyes. With the technica...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island blessings, in the form of masks
Letter to Editor, As a follow up to last week’s letter from Sue Sligar, “What a blessing it is to live here,” I want to thank and commend Ashley Scar...
Everything’s squeaky clean at the Boca Grande Fire Department
BY CHIEF C.W. BLOSSER, BOCA GRANDE FIRE DEPARTMENT – On Monday April 6 the Boca Grande Fire Department building and apparatus were decontaminate...
Editor’s Note: What a difference a week can make
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last week in this same spot on the front page we had two cancellations in our social calendar, with a mention of a third, du...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Taste’ committee presents 2020 financials
To the Editor: The committee of the “Taste of Boca Grande” is presenting the following report regarding our financial results for 2020. Over the past ...
Beach Ball Rolls in to Benefit Boca Grande Preschool Beach Ball rolls in to benefit Boca Grande Preschool
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Preschool will hold a “Beach Ball” fundraiser for the school on Monday, March 2 at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club,...
They call him ‘Dumplin’: Captain reminisces on the original Boca Grande
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Naples Sailing and Yacht Club visited the island to hear a special guest speaker, and they may have gotten more than the...
A Promenade compromise has been reached! ‘Stonehenge’ has been moved to allow safe passage
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – In an act of good faith and a love of our island community, the owners of the property located on the Promenade at 3rd Stree...