Author: Marcy Shortuse

Many thanks for a fantastic Tennis Ball

To the Editor: If you were one of the nearly 200 guests who attended the Boca Grande Club’s 11th annual Tennis Ball, I know you had fun. It was another wonderful event that truly benefited the programs,...

Much appreciation for bracelet found and returned

To the Editor: Thank you to the kind and honest person who found and returned my bracelet to the Community Center office. I never knew if it was valuable, but it was precious to me, as it belonged to...

Let the light shine!

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT History will be made this Saturday, Feb. 9 as the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse will shine its light across the island for the first time since the fall of 2016. Everyone is invited to...

Letters and more letters, and even a few more letters … It has become quite clear we need some post office answers

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In the last three weeks the Boca Beacon office has been flooded with letters, emails and other forms of communications regarding service at the Boca Grande Post Office. With about...

Coffee with Jim L. from Mote Feb.13

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Join Mote Marine scientist Dr. Jim Locascio for “Coffee with a Scientist” at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in Mote’s Boca Grande Outreach Office located at 480 East Railroad Ave. in Boca...

Alice Gorman to speak at the library about her novel – Valeria Vose

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN It started out as a memoir in the 1990s. Alice Gorman began to chronicle her life. More than two decades later, Gorman published her first novel, “Valeria Vose.” “I sent the manuscript...

Capt. Marian Schneider publishes novel, book signing planned

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Capt. Marian Schneider embarked on a journey 27 years ago and started Grande Tours, an ecotourism business just off island on Placida Road. Inspired by her father’s example and the lessons...

The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show is back!

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Get ready for more hilarity and fun as the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show comes to the stage for it’s biannual return. On Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. at the Boca Grande Community...

Come celebrate a new beginning for docks at Whidden’s …

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The family of Isabelle Joiner and the members of the board of the Gasparilla Island Maritime Musem will hold a special day in honor of a new dock project and the late Isabelle Joiner’s...

Next ‘History Bytes’ event planned for Feb. 13

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN History Bytes, sponsored by the Boca Grande Historical Society and U.S. Trust, will be held again on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. in the Johann Fust Library Loggia. Hank Hendry is a...