The Gasparilla Inn earned a World’s Best Award from Travel + Leisure. It had not made the list since 2021. It had a reader ...

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY The sea turtle nesting season is now in its 11th week on Gasparilla Island, nearly halfway ...

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Board of Directors recently elected officers for its 2025-26 fiscal year and ...

Skin cancer is one of the most common – and treatable – types of cancer when detected early. To promote early detection, the ...

Lighthouse United Methodist Church has responded to criticism in social media that it is behind or supporting all the ...

I enjoyed the editorial you wrote on island perspectives. The people who live in Boca Grande made their money from somewhere, ...

This week, there were two Silver King engines at the Boca Grande Fire Department, the old one, waiting transport off island, ...

An automated email about post office box cancellations that went out last week for Boca Grande should be ignored. All ...

While construction has not commenced on the Sea Grape bathroom at Gasparilla Island State Park, there is progress. The ...

The second newest addition to the BGFD fleet, after the new Silver King (see story here) is the 3,000-gallon tanker shown above. This was purchased by the d ...

Lee County Emergency Medical Services has received a full three-year re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of ...

Barrier Island Parks Society has set the date for the return of the Light Keeper’s Open, a charity golf tournament taking ...