Mystery golf cart 'on the rocks'
July 18, 2008
Did anyone order a golf cart on the rocks?
Someone apparently did,
but no one is coming forward to claim or report stolen the cart that a
fisherman found early Wednesday morning on the jetty by the Port Boca
Grande Lighthouse.
Police: Drowning was ‘intentional’
July 18, 2008A Lee County sheriff’s deputy who
reportedly attempted to rescue 41-year-old Kevin George Fuller from the
shallows of Grouper Hole on July 5 says the former Gasparilla Inn and
Club golf pro “intentionally drowned himself.”
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Damiloi wins BoMo youth tournament
July 18, 2008
Check out the Beacon’s BoMo video, ‘Forever Young’
Another successful BoMo tournament
was held on Sunday, July 13 in
Boca Grande Pass, and Deanna Damioli came out the winner with the only
tarpon caught.
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A baby turtle’s journey to the water
July 18, 2008
The sun hadn’t quite risen over the beach yet last Friday morning when the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Patrol excavated their first sea turtle nest of the season. In it they found a rare treasure - a baby turtle, freshly-hatched but struggling to get to the surface. After just a little help from the naturalists, the palm-sized baby instinctively headed over the rough terrain of the beach and found its way into the surf.
Island’s pygmy killer whale has pneumonia
July 18, 2008The pygmy killer whale known as “Pete” who was found near the Boca Grande Causeway had another set of tests done last week that indicate the mammal has pneumonia.
Nearly four inches of rain
July 18, 2008Between Friday, July 11 and Wednesday, July 16, The Gasparilla Island Water Association reported that 3.7 inches of rain fell at their wellfields located off County Road 771. The two heaviest rain days were July 15 with 1.28 inches of rain, and July 16 with 1.03 inches.
Oystercatcher chick hatches
July 18, 2008Island residents who have been following the ongoing “oystercatcher at the causeway” saga might have noticed that a new baby was hatched on Thursday, July 10. Now the new twist in the plot for rubber-necking nest lookers is the question: Where did they go?
Changes - but don’t blame us!
July 18, 2008COMMENTARY – This is the time of the year when we once again begin thinking of our Northern friends with Boca Grande post office boxes, folks who spend the summer in places like New Hampshire, Maine, Minnesota, Montana and, of course, the Hamptons wondering what conspiracies we are hatching here on the island while they are gone.
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July 11, 2008
This
week Lee County Department of Transportation workers added crosswalks
to the busiest intersections in Boca Grande: Park Avenue and 4th and
5th streets as part of a package of changes proposed by the Boca Grande
Community Panel.
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Border patrol operation focuses on Boca Grande
July 11, 2008United States Customs and Border Patrol
agents were out in force in Boca Grande on Tuesday, July 3 as part of
an operation called “Able Patriot,” an effort to crack down on
smuggling.
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How will new flood regs affect historic district?
July 11, 2008The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said that as of August 28 their flood zone maps, which establish flood zones and floodways and set base flood elevations for new construction, will change.
The changes have left some islanders wondering: What happens
to
historic homes and buildings if they are destroyed by flood waters? Can
they be rebuilt?
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Island to share in sea turtle grant
July 11, 2008Sea turtles may be getting new, more
stable areas on the beaches of Boca Grande for the 2009 sea turtle
nesting season. According to Robert Neal, coastal engineer with Lee
County Natural Resources Division, a $230,000 grant from the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation that was just approved will help restore
sea turtle nesting habitats damaged by hurricanes in 2004.
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UPDATED: Charlotte OKs coastal high rise compromise plan
July 8, 2008
Charlotte County commissioners voted on Tuesday 3-2 to pass a planned development ordinance allowing height restrictions for building on the coast to rise to 65 feet.
Commissioners Tom Moore and Adam Cummings opposed adoption. Moore said he could not agree with the proposal, and gave the reason that “he had to protect his coastline.”
The
storm, as captured on BeaconCams, the Boca Beacon's web cams.
Local bird afficionado and sea
turtle
patroller Nancy Lingeman always has her eyes on the sky and beaches
looking for new and interesting shore dwellers. When she heard about
the unique birds nesting by the Boca Grande Causeway, though, she had
to give it pause.
Lee
County Commissioner Bob Janes said this week that no action would be
taken on the proposed golf cart ordinance until later on in the year,
but he hasn’t given up on finding a way to have Boca Grande taken out
of the proposed county law.
Bayne Stevenson (left), the
New Hampshire commercial real estate developer and part-time Boca
Grande resident who is the former chairman of the Boca Grande Community
Panel, has purchased the building that houses Fugate’s, The Patio Shop
and Boca Cabana.
Posted by chroniciguana 
A strong storm system rolled
across the island Monday, June 9, downing trees and leaving 159 Boca
Grande customers without power.
