Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26 Capt. 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 ... Read the Full Story

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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Letter to the Editor: GICIA endorses Inn plan for Gilchrist Avenue

26 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

To the Editor:

The Board of the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, at its regular meeting on April 19, endorsed the plan developed by the Gasparilla Inn & Club for revitalizing the median strip on Gilchrist Avenue between 5th Street and 1st Street.

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Letter to the Editor: Inn plan 'excludes the neighbors'

26 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

To the Editor:

The Gasparilla Inn Gilchrist Parking Plan represents the sharpest calculations of the commercial interests of the village, and I included the Protestant churches in this characterization, to the exclusion of the neighbors.

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Obituary: Eleanor Camille Hoffman Cawthon

26 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

Eleanor Camille Hoffman Cawthon, 71, of Pine Harbor, Ga. died April 13, 2013 at her home. A visitation was held on April 17 in Brunswick, Ga.

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Profile: Charlie Barr

26 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY JACK SHORT - Science blended with art. It’s a passion for Charlie Barr, a retired architect from Illinois who now lives on the island. He has created a whole new world for himself, combining working with shells and marine life.

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Cooper resigns from GIBA

19 April 2013 Last Updated on 19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY LIZA STROUT - At an emergency meeting on April 19, it was announced that Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Executive Director James Cooper had resigned on Wednesday, April 17. The resignation was effective immediately, citing "personal reasons."

Fourteen-year GIBA veteran and Accounting Manager Kathy Banson-Verrico was voted unanimously by the board to fill the post of interim director. See Friday's Beacon for more details.