PROFILE: WSEB Radio
In Cape Haze, just behind the Ace Hardware and Cool Pickle in Paradise restaurant, a 300-foot radio tower that most see, but few pay attention to, peeks out of the woods.
The tower, with its b…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
FIVE YEARS AGO
Crowder Gulf, a name we know and love from Hurricane Ian cleanup, was on our beaches cleaning up dead fish from red tide.
TEN YEARS AGO
The first cars went over the new cen…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
FIVE YEARS AGO
PJ’s Seagrille and The Grapevine were officially out of business.
TEN YEARS AGO
Kathy Banson-Verrico was named as the new GIBA director. The pipes were smokin’ in some isla…
Time marches on at the Fishery property …
Tuesday, July 18 was the beginning of the end for two pieces of Cape Haze Peninsula’s history. The former home of Mike Schworm was dismantled and taken down to the ground, while Eunice Albritton’s…
Fall debut scheduled for Temp sign
Did you really think it wouldn’t be back? Ha ha, ho ho, hee hee, you must belong in the maison de fous!
The Temptation martini sign, destroyed during Hurricane Ian, is finally put back together…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Effie Joiner
Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because she is not wasting a moment of her youth. Effie is not yet 27 but is putti…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
FIVE YEARS AGO
Friends of Boca Grande announced they had plans to put up a sunshade at the Community Center outdoor stage.
TEN YEARS AGO
Abbie Turner hooked a giant jumping shark on the “…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON:
FIVE YEARS AGO
A truly handsome alligator was just chillin’ on the beach near Sundown Colony, catchin’ some rays. Waylon took the buckle.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Boca Grande Marina was closing …
Octopus Tree discussion shelved, urgency of bakery building demo takes center stage at meeting
The July meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board went rather expeditiously, even though the one official item on the agenda was a huge project at 1000 10th Street. It was the discus…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
FIVE YEARS AGO
The television documentary called “Mullet and Mangroves: The Pioneer Fishing Familes of Cayo Costa” had aired, featuring cameos by Huddy Coleman Capt. Robert Johnson. Effie Joine…