Author: Marcy Shortuse

Bike Florida to bring 500 cyclists to Boca Grande on April 14

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Approximately 500 cyclists will be spinning down Gasparilla Road on Thursday, April 14. But don’t be alarmed – precautions have been well planned out, and the event shouldn’t have...

Educational summit features educational celebrities

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN At an educational summit held on Tuesday, April 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center, some of the nation’s top educators gathered with islanders to talk about new trends and successful...

GICIA begins to unveil plans for The Preserve

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has an insert in this week’s Beacon to acknowledge and thank the many, many donors who have supported our bold...

Iguana millage to increase, bidding process to begin soon

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Iguana hunting taxes are going up by 0.102 percent, but iguana numbers are definitely going down. At an annual meeting of the MTSBU advisory committee for Gasparilla Island’s...

Woman’s Club announces more than $649,600 in donations this year

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

At their Annual Meeting held on Monday April 4, The Boca Grande Woman’s Club announced that the grand total of their 2016 community grants and scholarships is $649,600. The membership approved community...

PROFILE: Garry Carley

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Boca Grande part-time resident Garry Carley is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and while he enjoys the peaceful island life here, he also has a sincere passion for the revitalization...

OBIT: Sydell Berman Friedman

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Sydell Friedman was a Boca Grande phenomenon. She and her husband, Stanley, were well known throughout the island and highly regarded in intellectual, social and tennis circles (and in just about every...

200 have homes, thanks to the BG Haiti project

Letter to the Editor; This smiling family received their new home in Boca Grande Friendship Village V in Gressier, Haiti. Dedicated on Jan.13, 2016, the village was built by Boca Grandeís Hope For Haitians...

Island Art Days to feature 17 artists this weekend

April 1, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Island Art Days will be back for its 11th year on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot next to 431 Park Avenue, home of Gasparilla Outfitters/Special...

Anglers, observers needed for Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament

April 1, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Calling all lovers of the tarpon season. The 2016 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament will be held, as is traditional, on Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 7. Can’t fish it this year? Sign...