Above, shrimp boats in a historic photo at the Florida State Library and Archives. The Capt. Shea and R.R. Rice are pictured in this undated promotional image. Florida Memory project
Lee County…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Written and produced by Erica Ress Martin and directed by Priscilla Masselink, “Boca Boys” debuted on YouTube TV.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florid…
The Oct. 8 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting, set for 10 a.m., will include discussion of house elevations, including this one on Palm Avenue. …
Each week in the Beacon, we look back at what happened in Boca Grande and on Cape Haze:
FIVE YEARS AGO
Boca Grande Historical Society was gifted six original books dating back to 1902 that wer…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to review two projects on Gasparilla Island. The first project is entitled the Burcham Elevation, at 740 E. Railroad Ave. The request is to elev…
FIVE YEARS AGO
A freak storm took out a big tree in the Sister’s Restaurant parking lot. Lee County Sheriff’s Office was looking for the owners of an abandoned bike.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Histo…
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
Betty and Jack Barndollar first came to Gasparilla Island in 1959, a year after the bridge had been built. Three years later, they built a house and mov…
TEN YEARS AGO
The Boca Grande Fire Board voted unanimously to increase the budget by 8.9 percent.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
The Lemon Bay Conservancy officially signed documents acquiring the Wildf…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board reviewed and approved one renovation project at their Wednesday, Sept. 10 meeting.
The project was a remodel and raising of the house by architect Tim…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Spark TV premiered Boca Boys on YouTube and Spark Boca Grande TV. The pandemic sit-com ran for 10 weeks and featured Roger Lewis, James Martin, Dan Headington and Jerry Edgerton…
