Author: Marcy Shortuse

Can you take the fountain?

Fountain created decades ago by Alzamora sister needs a home right away Sometimes you don’t realize how much has changed in a place until you find out that the things that were once so important...

The sun was a little less bright the day when Nelson Thomas was taken from us just recently. He was an island son who was known to all and loved by many, and he spent the last years of his life taking...

EDITORIAL: We are all ‘somebody’ in the history of Gasparilla Island … for better, or for worse

There’s so much that has changed in our community in the last year or two. It’s difficult sometimes to wrap our minds around what has happened just since last September, much less the other changes...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

TEN YEARS AGO A mystery survey was sent to random island residents, regarding Gilchrist Avenue parking? Who sent it? And why? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO A group that included Robert Johnson, sisters...

BOCASCOPES

THE BOCA BEACON’S (NOT-SO) ACCUWEATHER FORECAST

Kerfuffle and confusion at the old bakery as crews clash over miscommunication

August 10, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

Thursday morning got a little crazy over on Railroad Avenue, as demolition crews showed up to start on the old Bakery Building at the same time T. Steele Construction...

Lee County Commissioners to vote on new roof for Boca Grande Community Center

August 10, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

When Lee County Commissioners hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15, one of the topics of discussion will be approval of the budget for the replacement of the Boca Grande Community Center...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO Was it red tide or Vibrio vulnificus that was making young stomachs upset, or back-to-school jitters? Either way, we had both. TEN YEARS AGO South Beach was missing three of...

Author: Marcy Shortuse

Can you take the fountain?

TURTLE NEWS

OBITUARY: Nelson Thomas

EDITORIAL: We are all ‘somebody’ in the history of Gasparilla Island … for better, or for worse

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

BOCASCOPES

THE BOCA BEACON’S (NOT-SO) ACCUWEATHER FORECAST

Kerfuffle and confusion at the old bakery as crews clash over miscommunication

Lee County Commissioners to vote on new roof for Boca Grande Community Center

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON