As the 2026 election season approaches, Gasparilla Island residents will have several local races on their ballots, including three seats on the Lee County Board of County Commissioners. There are two ...

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Perhaps one of the most useful trends unleashed by the Bicentennial in 1976 was a nationwide interest in family history. And what it took was often some family member, the family historian, who not ...

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A houseboat caught fire last Friday, June 26, just off Little Gasparilla Island. Charlotte Fire & EMS Marine 1 extinguished the flames. Photo by Chuck Heyl Already a website subscriber? Login below.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Board of Directors recently appointed three new members: Dane DeSantis, Greg DiDomenico and Greg Parris, each of whom will serve a three-year term. As the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has posted an application for a project site for Harbor Village and Maranda Homes. The Army ...

Dr. Thomas P. James, radiologist and passionate sailor, passed away in Tidewell Hospice House in Venice on June 13. He was 92. Tom and his wife, Nancy, who survives, have been longtime Boca Grande ...

Above, the July/August Gasparilla Magazine cover image captured by H Wetzel in Key West in 2023. The new Gasparilla Magazine ...

Boca Grande’s Bob and Mary Ridge have been entered into Variety’s America’s Favorite Couple competition. This competition ...

Centennial Fishing Pier located at 14021 Gasparilla Road in Placida will be closed for repair work starting July 13. The pier ...

A Precautionary Boil Water Notice has been issued for the Cole Island portion of Gasparilla Island and Boca Grande North Association due ...