Skip to main content

Archives

,

Sheriff report: Missing ring at club spurs Charlotte deputy visit

Around 2 p.m. last Thursday, July 31, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Boca Grande Club on a report…
, ,

State Park renourishment on island 

Staging for the renourishment at the south end of Gasparilla Island has begun. This week, cranes and pipes are being instal…
, , ,

Preservation Board review of Community Center entrance ramp

Above, a close up of the proposed changes to the entrance, which will have a wide ramp from Park Avenue. The Boca Grand…
,

Careful on the Causeway due to island reinforcement

The armoring project for the Causeway is under way. Slow down. “T…
, ,

Don Pedro ferry awaiting state park repairs in Charlotte County

Don Pedro Island boat ferry access will begin again once the island…
,

Parking rules do not apply until signs are installed

While the new parking ordinance for Boca Grande will be filed with the state of Florida this week, it could be months befor…
, , ,

Renourishment tax could await island property owners

Lee County will consider a new MSBU tax for Gasparilla Island if new parking restrictions impact beach renourishment fundin…
,

A MESSAGE FROM THE PINK PONY

My heart is with Boca Grande, no matter which side BY NIKKI HEIMANN Editor’s Note: We share this message from the Boc…
,

COLUMNS: MATTHEW HACKL

Boca Grande: Curve of the horizon, dignity of a heron BY MATTHEW HACKL I was born in May of 1999, but in some ways, I…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO “You and Islands” was released by the Zac Brown Band. The song references the sunsets at Boca Grande and…