The 2024 hurricane season did damage to Little Gasparilla Island in Charlotte County. Residents hope the new year will bring ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In just three weeks, Gasparilla will draw thousands of people onto Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa. Security will be a concern for many following Wednesday’s troublesome ...

In Tampa, the Gasparilla Parades are just a few weeks away. More than 300,000 people are expected to attend the Gasparilla Parade and retired Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan says Gasparilla ...

Features on presidents in Boca Grande, a hurricane roundup, and a weddings page The January/February edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, ...

but little else—unless you count the marsh rabbits, white ibis, sand crabs, alligators, and numerous other native inhabitants. A tiny island located just off the coast of Boca Grande in the Gasparilla ...

To the Editor: On behalf of our permit holder, Denise Juergens, I am writing this letter from the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) to acknowledge and thank the generous individuals, ...

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued a health alert for the presence of red tide near Gasparilla Island State Park beach. This is in response to a water sample taken Dec. 30. The ...

Pemba is an island off the coast of Tanzania and some say it deserves more visitors. Telegraph Travel’s Sally Peck said: “Intrepid adventurers have always come here in small numbers ...

She said she has no plans to stay in the rental property long-term. Because it is a temporary home, she has avoided filling it with too much stuff that will need to be moved. She went on to claim ...

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

At the 2025 Gasparilla Preschooler’s Stroll presented by EventFest, another Tampa tradition that was started in 2005, kids 5 and under can strut their stuff down a half-mile parade route from Howard ...