This date in the Boca Beacon: First burglary on island

FIVE YEARS AGO

David Futch was the featured speaker at a Boca Grande Historical Society event on the old days of Boca Grande. 

TEN YEARS AGO

Lemon Bay Conservancy received a $420,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support a joint habitat restoration project with the Southwest Florida Water Management District

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Fugate’s, Boca Grande’s oldest continuous business, was sold by Nancy Blank and Toby Wiener to Scott and Jennifer Allen of Orlando and Longboat Key.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

A Port Charlotte roofer was charged in connection with a burglary of the island’s Wachovia Bank Branch on Palm Avenue. It was believed that it was the first burglary on the island. 

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 

A heater fire broke out in a second-floor room of the 83-year-old Gasparilla Inn. No flames were visible, but the heating unit was smoldering. 

THIRTY YEARS AGO

A draft application for an island credit union was sent to regulators in Atlanta for review. Public meetings were held on the proposal to establish the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority.

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Free spirited. Decent, warm and optimistic. Usually late and generally barefoot. Such words were used to describe Marnie Banks at her eulogy. Marnie was founder of the Boca Beacon and the Barrier Island Parks Society.

FORTY YEARS AGO

CSX was clearing the Port property of hazardous structures in preparation of zoning to develop resort housing on the 40 acres.