FIVE YEARS AGO
David Futch was the featured speaker at a Boca Grande Historical Society event on the old days of Boca Grande.
TEN YEARS AGO
Lemon Bay Conservancy received a $420,000 g…
Above, workers on the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad, from the Historical Society archives. The railroad was originally along the beach. BGHS photo
JAMES BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOC…
Above, a 1980s photo of what is believed to be the bridge in New York. Readers can help us by remembering where it might have been placed, and if it is still there. Boca Beacon archives
BY JAME…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Suncoast Humane launched the “Get ‘Em Home” project amid COVID to adopt shelter dogs. Restaurants partnered with Suncoast Humane and distributed flyers with takeout and dine in ord…
FIVE YEARS AGO
The Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic was canceled due to COVID-19. The first COVID shots were distributed at the Boca Grande Health Clinic.
TEN YEARS AGO
The new swing bridge…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Englewood Helping Hand received a $5,000 donation from Boca Grande’s Lighthouse United Methodist Church.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Asso…
Last Friday, the Boca Grande Historical Society celebrated and paid tribute to the work of Kim Kyle, administrative director, on her retirement.
Clockswise from top left, Jim and Karen Grace, Mar…
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
In 1996, Michael Ingram, a Tampa lawyer and the son of Dr. James Ingram who had purchased the historic Journey’s End property in 1963, wrote…
In January, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will review two new cases at their Jan. 14 meeting. Item SCA2025 is the Stafford residence at 1160 11th Street East, to enclose and extend a d…
FIVE YEARS AGO
The construction phase of the Mercabo Cove restoration project had been completed. The project was to improve water quality and reduce long-term seawall maintenance costs. …
