Author: Marcy Shortuse

ISLAND SHERIFF, FIRE, EMS ACTIVITY: Golf cart completely destroyed in battery fire – so what kind of battery was it?

January 26, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News, Police & Fire

On Saturday, Jan. 21 at approximately 7:46 p.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to the 500 block of Gulf Boulevard for a golf cart on fire, fully engulfed. It took some time, but firefighters...

After Ian’s cleanup on land, what do we do about our water? Around here, Mother Nature has most of it handled

It’s obvious that cleanup and rebuilding on the island are moving forward at a good pace, but what about the effects of the storm in local waters, and on fishing? According to local fishermen, the...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO Dr. Paul Cox, the featured speaker for a Friends presentation on toxic algae in water, enlightened us to the fact that a tiny organism in said algae could...

A colossal mission accomplished

January 20, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

When J&S Towers out of Rock Island, IL got a call from a company called Vertical Bridge, asking if they could remove a telecomm tower from a bakery in a tiny town in Florida, their response was...

Cutoff for disaster relief donations January 31 but more donations will be made in weeks to come

January 20, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News, Police & Fire

The Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund, administered by the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, has announced that the last day to donate to the fund will be January 31. While the exact...

In case you weren’t aware, ‘the pile’ has left the island

January 20, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

The pile is gone. Completely, utterly and totally gone. Where last week there was a mountain of debris, almost classifying as the highest point in Southwest Florida, there is now a clean parking area. It’s...

Don’t forget about the chowder next Friday!

January 20, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Community, Education, News

A more complete list of chefs and restaurants contributing to The Island School’s annual chowder dinner has been released, as well as information about entertainment and an auction. As of press...

Milne rocked the Fust with blues, boogie woogie and more

January 20, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment, News

On the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 17 the loggia at the Johann Fust Library sounded more like a juke joint than a higher place of learning – and sometimes that is quite all right … especially when Bob...

ON THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO The animals were getting blessed, Royal Palm Players were putting on “The Boca Girls” and everyone was preparing for the Taste of Boca Grande. TEN YEARS...