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Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26 The first place Spooked Again team with Capt. Steve AhlersCapt. Steve Ahlers and his team aboard Spooked Again took home the first place winnings in the 2013 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, held by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce. Read the Full Story
World's Richest, Kids Classic, Art Festival and street party schedule of events Friday, 24 May 2013 13:06  
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ...
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Happy Graduation to Abigail, Dafne, Luke and Jake, TIS 2013! Friday, 24 May 2013 10:19 BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Four tassels were turned on Thursday, May 23, as Luke Crosser, Dafne Garcia, Abigail Turner and Jake Van Atten graduated from fifth grade and from The Island School. Prior to their commencement ceremony the four, with the help of others, did a “dramatic statues” and chant performance. Afterward, the third, fourth and fifth graders all participated in a song called “Flip Flop,” written and produced by TIS music teacher Diana Donlon. Read the Full Story
FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident Friday, 24 May 2013 10:17  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault. Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ open motorboat. He turned to the south to enter a blind, narrow passage between two mangrove islands when he spotted Ahlers’ yellow boat heading in the opposite direction. Ahlers, of Boca Grande, was traveling northwest towards the same passage, with three passengers on board his 20-foot yellow boat. Read the Full Story
Boca Grande, Sweet Pea highlighted in June Vogue magazine shoot Friday, 24 May 2013 10:09 Boca Grande has been the location for an awful lot of photo shoots, so many we usually don’t report on them. But, a couple of months ago a very high-profile fashion magazine – Vogue, to be exact – turned up in town with an interesting model. Her name is Dree Hemingway, and she is the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Read the Full Story

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Read more...BY JACK SHORT - A  group of concerned Boca Grande property owners is trying to drum up awareness of their ongoing efforts to refurbish the crumbling seawall on Belcher Road. They are joined by former Congressman Andy Ireland, members of the Barrier Island Parks Society and the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, and they hope to convince representatives in Tallahassee to secure enough funds to cover the cost of repairs to the wall, an estimated $500,000, as soon as possible.


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Read more...BY LIZA STROUT - This weekend is a big one for two island establishments, the Depot Building and the Palmetto Inn. They are celebrating their centennial year, with a three-day festival of music, art and fun.


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Read more...It has been cussed out, poisoned, cursed and cut away. It affects almost everyone in the world, through firsthand experience or from knowing someone who has died in its deadly throes. It is cancer.


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Read more...On Tuesday, April 23 at approximately 12:15 p.m. two vehicles were involved in a rollover accident at 26th Street and Gasparilla Road.


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So far, everyone injured in the boating accident in Bull Bay that occurred on April 12 are doing well. Andrew Haines of Pheonix, Ariz., who was airlifted from a local marina after being involved in the accident, has been discharged from Lee Memorial Hospital. Haines was on the boat captained by Capt. Steve Ahlers when they were involved in a collision with a boat operated by Jesse Smith of Port Charlotte.


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