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Specialists discuss emergency services, public health and Zika
November 18, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN A panel of health specialists spoke to residents at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 15 on topics ranging from emergency assistance and medical suppo…
Profile: Richard and Robert Rogers
November 18, 2016
■ BY DEAN M. LAUX If you have not yet met Richard and Robert Rogers, you have been missing out on something. The two brothers, known to most as “Rich” and “Rob,” have proved to be more itinera…
Thanks to all for making the book sale a big success
November 18, 2016
To the Editor: A huge “Thank you” to our community and our Library Foundation volunteers • JF Library Foundation book sale volunteers – You were helpful, hardworking, cheerful and wonderful! • Boca…
YOUR WEEKLY PAVING UPDATE: WEEK FIVE
November 11, 2016
■ STAFF REPORT Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC has announced that roadwork will ramp up this week, particularly with roadway excavation and road widening. Lane closures are expected every we…
Trump, Rubio take island polls
November 11, 2016
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The U.S. Presidential election turnout was good in the Lee County portion of the island on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Precinct 18. Boca Grande residents followed the trend for the presi…
Whiskey Row questions arise at Historical meeting
November 11, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN It was the first Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board meeting for Sharon Jenkins-Owen, the new Lee County planner assigned to take the place of Gloria Sajgo, when the board…
Boca Grande Cubs fan finally sees team win title
November 11, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Lucy Stanton remembers sitting with her father at Wrigley field on October 1, 1932. ” It was the third game of the World Series, and Babe Ruth was coming up…
A year of milestones, fulfillments and new commitments
November 11, 2016
■ STAFF REPORT
Say “Haiti,”and in the minds of most, images of poverty and aftermaths of natural disasters tend to come to mind. Even though this is the current reality for many in the southwe…
Local CHEC to conduct free programs in November
November 11, 2016
To the Editor: Take a walk on the wet side! Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Inc. (CHEC) will be conducting free Seagrass Adventure Estuary wading trips at Cedar Point Environmental Park…
Friendly Boca face at Silver Lake Preserve in LaBelle
November 4, 2016
Boca Beacon writer Sue Erwin spent a day with island quail hunting guide Phil O’Bannon last week and headed out to Silver Lake Preserve in LaBelle, FL. Phil has been quail hunting since he was a yo…