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 ...

What happened to Kiwanis on island? BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The Boca Grande Woman’s Club has ...

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 ...

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

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

Deputy David Scozzafava of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to Damficare Street in reference to a theft from a boat ...

Schools of excellence The Island School has earned an A for the eighth time in a row in the annual Florida Department of Education ranking.  “I’m proud to s ...

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

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

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