This coming Wednesday, join in celebrating The Island School 5th grade graduates as the golf cart parade makes its way through town. The parade will take place on May 28 between 11:45 a.m. to noon t…
Looking back into previous Boca Beacon issues:
FIVE YEARS AGO: The Seagate Development Group was reconstructing the pier accessible to the Hill Tide Estates. The pier used to be an old oil dock…
This Saturday, May 24, is the Buzz Me’Up Boca H20 Festival, held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida.
The music lineup for the sandbar, according to organizer Brian…
The last day of the blue food barrels for Boca Grande on island was Monday, May 19. Jane Caple thanks all for their support for the homeless in Englewood through Englewood Helping Hand.
During t…
Tuesday’s meeting at Lighthouse United Methodist Church regarding parking started with an announcement that the church had struck an agreement with neighbors in its decades-long fight over parking o…
Leadership Englewood Class of 2025 celebrated their Tourism and Hospitality Day on Gasparilla Island. Shown here are many who orchestrated the day. The class got to drive around in golf carts, learn…
Two Lee County Commissioners, Cecil Pendergrass and David Mulicka, are scheduled to be in Boca Grade for a community forum on the issue of parking on Gasparilla Island. The meeting is at 2 p.m. on T…
Bissell Pet Foundation’s program Empty the Shelters returns this spring from May 1-15, 2025. This lifesaving initiative helps make adoption more affordable by sponsoring reduced fees of $70 or less…
Logan McGinty is graduating from Lemon Bay High School in a couple of weeks. He will be attending the University of Florida in the fall, majoring in either mechanical or aerospace engineering. Logan…
Sophia Dickerson has worked at the Innlet at the Outlet for three years. She loves going to the beach and spends a lot of time on the island. Sophia is graduating from Lemon Bay High School and plan…
