Author: Marcy Shortuse

The Barnichol and Chef Spain team up to present next Chamber mixer

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Barnichol Hardware and Chef Tim Spain will co-host the January Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce mixer on Thursday, Jan. 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Barnichol Hardware Store...

Boca Grande Club to host 12th annual Tennis Fur ball

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Club Inc., is hosting its 12th annual Tennis Fur Ball on January 22, 2020, at the Boca Grande Club’s clubhouse. The cost of admission is $125 per person, which includes dinner,...

GIBA audit report results: ‘No new debt this year’

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Finance/Audit Committee conducted a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8 in the GIBA administration office. GIBA executive staff are currently testing a...

Profile: Joshua Gold

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN New York City Broadway Director Joshua Gold will be directing the Royal Palm Players’ musical “Nunsense” this upcoming spring. Several performances are planned for March. Originally from...

Obituary: Ruth Adair Newman

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Ruth Adair Newman, 93, of Boca Grande, Florida, formerly of Seville, Ohio died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 in Medina. Adair was born February 23, 1926 in Milwaukie, Oregon to Thomas and Ruth {Flynn}...

Less leaf blowing = less noise for all

To the Editor: For the good of the community, let’s reduce or eliminate leaf blower usage around Boca Grande. We all come here to enjoy family and friends, the outdoors, and the peace and quiet and...

Thank you for shining light on Promenade

To the Editor: I salute you for your efforts to shine some light on the serious erosion of Boca Grande’s character presently taking place along the seawall in town. We all have a lot to lose here. This...

Reader feels death on beach was mishandled

To the Editor: I just read your editorial column in the recent Boca Beacon. I too am appalled at the circumstances of handling that “death situation.” I am retired from a 40-year career in cardiology....

Thanks given for dissemination of Promenade information

To the Editor: My name is Mike Sheehan and my wife Kathy and I have been owners in the Boca Grande Club for 30+ years. I have never written to the Beacon before but after reading your editorial of the...

Golf cart death to be ruled as accidental

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The death of a 40-year-old man in Boca Grande Isles will be ruled as an accidental traffic homicide, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Peer August Segelke, of Blacksburg,...