This date in the Boca Beacon: Boca Blooms Grande Opening

FIVE YEARS AGO

Suncoast Humane launched the “Get ‘Em Home” project amid COVID to adopt shelter dogs. Restaurants partnered with Suncoast Humane and distributed flyers with takeout and dine in orders.

TEN YEARS AGO

Boca Blooms hosted an open house with live music, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to commemorate its grand opening. 

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Michael Saunders opened a real estate office in Boca Grande, joining forces with Carol Stewart. Talk of changing the name of Cayo Costa State Park was quickly shut down at a largely attended meeting.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Sprint installed an intermittent sonic bird repellent to its cell tower to discourage pigeons and starlings from roosting on it. The bakery reported that the issues associated with the birds had been reduced.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 

A landscape crew planting a palm on Grouper Hole Drive discovered a skull in a shallow grave. Further investigation revealed that it was a graveyard back in the 20s and 30s.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

The Temp hosted Royal Palm Players’ annual coffeehouse-style poetry reading, appropriately called “And the Beat Goes on …” Fifteen readers of diverse ages and backgrounds enthralled the appreciative audience.

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

An estimated 400 to 500 people attended the open house at Boca Grande Health Clinic’s new facility.

FORTY YEARS AGO

The 27th Annual Gasparilla 48 Golf Tournament was held at the Gasparilla Inn Golf Course.