Author: Staff Report

Give a Boca Beacon Christmas gift

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Community

A gift that keeps on giving. It’s that time of year when we give gifts to people we love and appreciate. What better gift than a subscription to the Boca Beacon? It comes in several flavors. The print...

Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 8

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, sponsored by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. Unfortunately, the tree across from Hudson’s did not survive Hurricanes Helene...

Boca Grande preschool update

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Education, News

Alternative temporary sites are being considered for the Boca Grande Preschool after suffering major damage from Hurricanes Milton and Helene, said Preschool Director Kellene Carpenter. “These last...

Gasparilla Magazine offers falconry, palmettos and Mackle brothers

The new November/December edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages. The cover depicts the Boca Grande Range Light,...

Temp cocktail sign unshaken by storm

A celebratory reinstallation of The Temptation sign on Park Avenue on Tuesday. From left, co-owners Jeffrey Simmons, Andy Duncan and Kevin Stockdale. This week they were working hard to re-open as...

Storm debris update, back to residential cleanup

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Lee County surpassed the 200,000 cubic-yards-collected milestone for vegetative and construction debris in unincorporated areas post-Hurricane Milton. Vegetative and construction debris operations...

Boca Grande street repairs begin in December across island

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Long list of fixes Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla Island will begin next week. Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation about...

Opening the town continues …

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Community, News

Nikki from The Pink Pony is setting up the Pink Pony ice cream cart. Stop in for an icy treat from the cart Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Photo by Matt

Can we at least take the sheets off?

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
News

On Gilchrist (and across the island), the dumping is quite regular. As soon as contractors get what is in the middle, it seems to get filled up again. Here, we got a dump of a wicker living room set,...

Update on emergency road repairs in Boca Grande from Lee DOT

November 22, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation about emergency road repairs on local roads in Boca Grande. A pre-construction meeting was held Thursday,...