When Top Chef Sash Simpson was first approached to make a movie about his life, he didn’t think anyone would be interested in his story. Now, two years since filming was completed, “Born Hungry” wil…
A motion to draft amendments to parking requirements for Boca Grande and Matlacha Historic Districts was passed unanimously at the regular Board of Lee County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Feb…
Hughes Gallery proudly presents Daniel Ambrose, founder of The American Tonalist Society. Visit their gallery pop up today. Barbara Hughes can be contacted at (941) 662-9970 or HughesGalleryInc.com…
Congratulations to island artist Susan Shaffer, recent recipient of a Merit Award, a juried exhibit, “It’s All in Your Mind”. The piece is entitled “Palmetto.” Susan’s works are on display at Crews…
Aiden Douglas was out repainting the pink trim on the porch roof of The Pink Pony on Monday, part of a team from Murphy Douglas Painting. The color is the Sherwin-Williams shade Cheery, SW 6584. …
Better communication needed among island entities
BY EMERSON WICKWIRE Editor’s Note: Boca Grande resident Emerson Wickwire presented this letter to the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority board th…
Each year, the Boca Beacon publishes the Boca Grande Street Map, a cooperative effort between the Boca Beacon and the merchants and businesses of Boca Grande.
The map includes island attractions…
Most tennis players in and around Boca Grande know Lenore Lobel as a formidable opponent on the courts. If that’s all they know, they are missing a lot, although that, in itself, is pretty awesome. …
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beast, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
Fyo…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has not disappointed this week and neither has the fishing. The speckled sea trout fishing in the back country has been very consistent this winter. If you ar…
