Author: Boca Beacon

Letter to the Editor: Volunteers are the key to event success

To the Editor:In our busy work-a-day world sometimes it’s easy to pass on pitching in when events are organized in and for our community. The assumption being that someone else will be at the...

Profile: Gary Cross (You know him as Gary from The Barnichol)

June 19, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT – This is probably the first time one of our profiles has admitted so readily they were part of a cult. That news will no doubt come as a surprise to so many who know Gary Cross...

Ahlers and team takes top honors in 2015 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Lucky Lady proved worthy of her name when Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team brought more tarpon to the boat than any other in the 2015 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament,...

Haag team takes first in Gasparilla Island Kids Classic

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There were 120 excited kids in Boca Grande Pass on Saturday, June 6, all waiting to catch that winning silver king in the Grande Aire Gasparilla Island Kids Classic.Capt....

Congratulations to the TIS Class of 2015!

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Five graduates headed toward the stage last Friday, June 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium, while a full house of family and friends looked on. There were tears,...

GIWA and CCU: A look at our water (Part II of our series)

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT – Last week we published part one of our analysis of Consumer Confidence Reports, particularly those issued by the Gasparilla Island Water Association and Charlotte County Utilities. As...

Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Revised Bridge Opening Schedule

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

The revised seven (7) day a week opening schedule for the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Swing Bridge is as follows: The bridge will open to vessel traffic on the hour from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.,...

OBITUARY: Josephine Woods

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Josephine “Dodie” Mitchell passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015. She was born on September 3, 1936 to Harry Dorsey Mitchell and Josephine Moyer Mitchell in Washington, D.C. She graduated from...

Profile: Jeremy (Chino) Chamathorn

June 12, 2015
Boca Beacon
News, Profiles

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When Jeremy Chamathorn (a.k.a. Jeremy Chino) first came to Boca Grande, he was astounded by the island’s beauty. His cousin, Patrick Vollmer, had enticed him here with the...

Thank you for another successful World’s Richest!

To the Editor:In the course of events, both public and private, no one person or entity can possibly take sole credit for the success or failure of any undertaking. The event is the sum of so many...