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This date in the Boca Beacon: Old Clinic site, Placida boat ramp, Capt. William Sprott
Each week in the Beacon, we look back at what happened in Boca Grande and on Cape Haze:
FIVE YEARS AGO
Boca Grande Hi…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Appreciation for the old red cent: Mind your business
Let me give you a better penny.
Those were the last words at the end of a cash transaction at Hudson’s Grocery this week…
        
        
        
                
                
                        LeeWay toll error
LeeWay, the toll operations for Lee County Department of Transportation, is waiving the administrative fees for some SunPas…
        
        
        
                
                
                        John Curley 1944-2025
John (Jack) R. Curley (81) of Placida, Fla., passed away on Septembe…
        
        
        
                
                
                        John Ashworth 1934-2025
John Ashworth, formerly of Marion, Ohio, Boca Grande, Fla., and Ceda…
        
        
        
                
                
                        IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Caroline Gannon
Pine View teacher with Lighthouse story
When visitors step into the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, they’re often greeted…
        
        
        
                
                
                        EcoWatch: A last-ditch effort to protect the world’s seas
Just as we have the power to harm the oceans, we have the power to put in place polices and modify our own behavior in ways…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Vice Chairman Cecil Pendergrass offers Coffee with a Commissioner event
Vice Chairman Pendergrass invites community members to join him for an informal Coffee with a Commissioner event on Monday…
        
        
        
                
                
                        County map shows 441 new island parking signpoles, 751 new signs
Above and below, images from the county’s geographic information system map. The signs are not to scale. GIS screenshots…
        
        
        
                
                
                        No new crawls since August on island
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
YAWN. Pardon me, but the sea turtle nesting season for us patrollers is such a boring ti…