Author: Marcy Shortuse

Goin’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get … whaaaaat?

September 1, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, a small of researchers gathered at Amory Chapel on the south end of the island with special equipment, looking for clues to an age-old mystery … which involves claims that...

Look for that TRIM notice in the mail …

September 1, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

but some might want smelling salts within reach The cost of living in a very desirable area just caught up with a lot of people in Lee County, and whether or not you have a homestead exemption,...

This week in the Boca Beacon

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO There was water, water everywhere, with approximately 13 inches of rain falling on the island. However, everyone here was looking to Texas, where flooding...

The question of central sewage systems on LGI, Palm Island comes into question after state entity says ‘no’

August 26, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

ead the next installment in this story on Friday, Sept. 2. In a day and age of clean water being one of the top priorities of local, county, state and federal entities, it may come as a shock to...

Primary election results 2022:

August 26, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

The primary election held on Tuesday, Aug. 23 yielded 41 votes onsite at polling place 122, otherwise known as the Boca Grande Community. Of those 41, seven were Democrats, 33 were Republicans and...

Inn to move phone reservations to new space on Park Avenue

August 26, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Gasparilla Inn & Club will be moving into their newly-aquired space in the Gulf Coast International Properties building at the corner of Park Avenue and 4th Street in the very near future,...

This date in the Boca Beacon …

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO A 2002 Glacier Bay named La Pirate was missing, and everyone was on the lookout. The new boardwalk officially opened at Gasparilla Island State Park. TEN...

EDITORIAL: Gasparilla Mobile Estates residents still struggling with storm damage

August 25, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

It has been more than seven months since the morning of January 16, when an F1 tornado swept the bottom of Cape Haze Peninsula, damaging more than two dozen mobile homes in Gasparilla Island Estates....

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