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Island Art Days returns!
March 16, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Island Art Days Fine Art and Craft Show is planned for this Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18 at 431 Park Avenue in downtown Boca Grande. Sponsored by Gasparilla Outfitters a…
Suffering from red tide? You’re not alone
March 16, 2018
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE For the last three months islanders have been experiencing a mix of symptoms due to a large red tide bloom just offshore of Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties, which now extends…
Spring Breakers, please listen when we say ‘No Swimming’
March 16, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Another recent close call at the south end has left us to reiterate what many already know this Spring Break: Please don’t swim at the south end. Since 2001 we have had numerous water-…
Lee County grants variance requests for Three Sisters builders
March 16, 2018
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This past week a final ruling was made by a Lee County Hearing Examiner in the case of three Three Sisters variances requested regarding the small isthmus of land that may or may…
Upcoming episodes of the annual Bike Parade and Spring Fair …
March 16, 2018
■ SPECIAL TO THE BOCA BEACON Happy Days are almost here! The BGWC Bike Path Parade and Spring Fair are only one week away – Saturday, March 24. “TV Time” is this year’s theme, and Boca Grande will be…
Planning on Easter egg hunting? Better bring Joe & David some candy
March 16, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT The Big White Rabbit is on the move, as Easter is only two weeks away. At the Boca Grande Community Center, Jungle Joe Wier and Dashing Dave Bartels are getting everything ready for on…
New Suncoast facility plans show encouraging development
March 16, 2018
■ SPECIAL TO THE BOCA BEACON The building of a new facility for the Suncoast Humane Society on its new site in Englewood has made significant strides toward realization over the past three weeks. A n…
Peace-loving reverend to speak at Methodist Church this Monday
March 16, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT After working for decades to put an end to armed conflict in Ireland, the Rev. Gary Mason knows a lot about peace. A Methodist minister living in Belfast, Ireland, Mason played an inte…
Beach bums to unite at the 2018 BIPS Green Gala
March 16, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT
Hang loose with the Barrier Island Parks Society for a 1950s and ’60s beach blast from the past good time at the Green Gala on Monday, March 19 with a theme of “Catching A Wave.” The e…
Photog Susan Wood to speak at library about ‘Women’
March 16, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN Established photographer Susan Wood will be speaking at the Johann Fust Community Library at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 about her new book, “Women: Portraits 1960 – 2000.” The recent…