Lee County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a stolen car and a stolen bicycle this week on the island.

Gritsy, the wayward Jack Russell Terrier from the south end of the island, has been returned to his home after almost six weeks of absence. Thanks to all who helped look for her.

BY ALICE GORMAN - From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, The Johann Fust Community Library will host a very special event in the loggia: Sissy Yates Designs will present a jewelry sale as a benefit for the library.

The Kruger Brothers and members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will perform a special concert at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium on Monday, April 2 at 7 p.m.

This is expected to be a sold-out concert.

Want to win an all expense paid entry for this year’s Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament to benefit Moffitt Cancer Institute? One winner and up to three friends will fish in the tournament with multiple time tarpon tournament winning Captain Waylon Millson "Blaze.”

If you’re interested in helping count Gasparilla Island’s ospreys, the Center for Conservation Biology has launched Project OspreyWatch. It is a project created to engage a global community to collect data on breeding osprey.