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Are you prepared for what’s to come if you can’t care for yourself?
March 6, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE It’s about various steps. When a person has to transition from living on their own, quite often in a home they thought they would never leave, it’s one of the hardest times of the…
Strawberry Festival this weekend
March 6, 2020
BY SUSAN HANAFEE Did someone say fresh strawberry shortcake, sizzling brats and hot dogs, homemade delicacies, bargains galore and a silent auction? Did someone say the United Methodist Women’s 22n…
Kidventors on the island: Moore triplets debut ‘The Glow Belt’
March 6, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON Boca locals may have recognized three familiar faces on ABC’s “Good Morning America” episode around Valentine’s Day. Triplets Alex, Griffin and Philip Moore from Amherst, New Hamp…
Skip Perry’s work to be featured at ‘Photography as Art’ show
March 6, 2020
STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Camera Club’s annual “Photography as Art” show will be held at The Boca Grande Art Center this weekend – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – March 6 through 8. The show will …
Wini Smart Donates paintings to benefit BGHS
March 6, 2020
STAFF REPORT Wini Smart, who painted and operated galleries in Boca Grande and Northeast Harbor Maine, directed that some of her paintings be sold and part of the proceeds donated to the Boca Grand…
COVID-19 update from the Boca Grande Health Clinic
March 6, 2020
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC The Boca Grande Health Clinic has provided an update to last week’s Coronavirus 2019 information. The Coronavirus 2019 outbreak started in December, 2019 …
Two island surveys could affect your future… do your part and fill them out
March 6, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Boca Grande Community Planning Association, Inc. will soon be sending out the survey they spoke of in their meeting held in January, but hope the numbers on their email list i…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: There was good news, there was bad news
March 6, 2020
To the Editor: Last week’s Beacon featured two articles regarding COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). One, by Dr. Lauren Hana, was a thorough review of our current understanding about this new virus …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks for great ‘Beach Ball’ response
March 6, 2020
To the Editor: Boca Grande Preschool (formerly the Boca Grande Child Care Center) is so blessed to be part of this community, which on Monday answered the call to fund real and immediate needs at B…
Mercabo Cove groundbreaking on March 1; details explained by GICIA
February 28, 2020
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – Excitement is building around the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association’s (GICIA) Mercabo Cove restoration project, which is on schedule to break groun…