Boca Grande News

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. - Every fisherman has a story about the one that got away. But Jack Wiseman's tops them all.

The Boca Grande Firefighters Association benefit lists such runner tests as a "hydrant hose down, an ice-cold mystery obstacle, tire field, wall of brick, long crawl, torture beach, sandbag drag and shark tunnel." Lt.

Photography and text by Eric Strachan 'Bow to the king' In a part of the country blessed with awe-inspiring sights, few in Southwest Florida compare to the jaw-dropping, sheer power of a hooked leaping tarpon.

Arthur Rieser caught his redfish on a Hot One II charter with Cape Coral Capt. Roy Bennett.

The Gasparilla Island Water Association Inc. will temporarily change the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable water supply.

Boca Grande, The Tarpon Capital of the World, has just seven votes as the "Ultimate Fishing Town" in the second annual World Fishing Network competition.

Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director and "World's Richest" Tarpon Tournament Director Lew Hastings stands near a 234 lb.

Sandy Jacobs swept past the competition by winning three monthly titles on her way to a second Boca Grande Duplicate Bridge Club Ace of Clubs championship in three seasons.

A good example of the relatively benign Boca Grande crime is motorized vehicle theft is up 100 percent - from two to four cases - and it all involved golf carts.

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Boca Grande chose the youthful Rev. Michelle Lyn Robertshaw as its new rector beginning Sept.

Swayze has exhibited in every major fine arts festival in the United States and her home country of Canada.

The six-month sea turtle nesting season has begun on Boca Grande with the first nest identified Saturday by the Coastal Wildlife Club.

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Gambling Commission is standing behind its decision to hire an interim executive director despite a prior accusation of sexual assault against him that was dropped by authorities in Florida.

Gardens of Gulf Cove is a small community located just minutes to the beautiful Englewood area and Gulf beaches.A It has easy access to Boca Grande and Gasparilla and is just 10 minutes to the Port Charlotte Town Center Mall.A It is also convenient to shopping, dining, fishing, boating, and golfing.A It is west of Gulf Cove and north of South Gulf ... (more)

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Boca Grande today announced it has called the Rev.

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. - The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that, after 36 years of devoted service to the association and industry at large, Marge Eckenroad is retiring, effective April 30, 2012.

SUN PHOTO BY SUE ERWIN, serwin@sun-herald.com Cayo Costa State Park lies two miles south of Boca Grande and is accessible only by boat.