If you look up the term “team player” in the dictionary, you should see a picture of DeeAnn Phillips. She is pretty much the definition of such a person. DeeAnn is largely responsible for the vibran…
Boca Beacon backpages
FIVE YEARS AGO
Don’t say you weren’t warned. The Beacon wrote to spring breakers, warning them that swimming at the south end had resulted in 18 drownings since 2001…
Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 157 samples along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 89 samples: two in and of…
Tower height approved, site plan proposal tabled until further notice
Lee County Commissioners had a last-minute change in plans in their monthly meeting agenda last Thursday, March 9, as qu…
A small, neglected cottage on Gilchrist Avenue got a lot of attention this Wednesday at the March 8 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting, as the current owner of the property wishes to ha…
Following another eventful year of challenges and increasing patient demand, the Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce the exploration of facility opportunities to best meet current a…
A Celebration of Life will be held for Capt. Jackie and Sandy Bylaska on Saturday, March 18 from 11 am. to 2 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community House.
If you are interested in attending, please…
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair is just around the corner and is more special than ever this year!! On Saturday, March 25, in addition to a day of games, yummy food and entertainment, we wi…
By Hal McCombs, Royal Palm Players
Boca Grande theatre goers met Sister Mary Annette — Sister Amnesia’s mischievous puppet in Nunsense — at the beginning of COVID. Three years later, in its curr…
Imagine their delight when in the middle of a Barrier Island Parks Society board meeting, Larry Hannah and Mary O’Bannon arrived to present a check from the Boca Grande Disaster Fund to cover the fu…
