Dollars for Mammograms: Feel for lumps; save your bumps
The Englewood Community Care Clinic wants to spread the word, “Feel for lumps. Save your bumps.”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual educational campaign to raise awareness abou…
How did Cape Haze become … Cape Haze?
Island travelers come and go to Boca Grande daily and they all must cross over GIBA’s faithful swing bridge. But did you know that once you cross the bridge on your way off of Gasparilla Island yo…
Memories of September 11, 2001: 20 years has proved that our lives will never be the same…
On the evening of September 11, 2001, there were many types of reactions taking place in homes across the country, and around the world. Whether you were in New York City, in the middle of Iowa or…
From the Boca Grande History Center: Delmar Fugate and the Pink Elephant (Part II of a series)
Submitted by the Boca Grande History Center
In our August 6 edition of the Boca Beacon we ran part I to this series featuring the Fugate family of Boca Grande, compiled from Boca Grande History…
The question of insurance liability and sidewalks: We may save our pink pump, our outdoor seating and our flowers, but at what cost?
While Lee County Ordinance NO. 21-XX, presented at the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting last Wednesday, sounds like a great way to allow us to “keep Boca Grande, Boca Grande,” and t…
