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Boca Grande Community Planning Panel has returned and is looking for public input
January 17, 2020
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Perhaps you noticed an ad in last week’s and this week’s newspaper announcing that the Boca Grande Community Planning Association, Inc. is looking for input from the community r…
Local historian being sued by ‘orange rock’ residents at the end of 3rd Street over letter to editor in Boca Beacon
January 17, 2020
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In an odd turn of events, the residents at the end of 3rd Street, also known as “the people with the orange rocks,” have targeted local historian and generational Boca Grande re…
Road closures to occur in next three weeks
January 17, 2020
■ STAFF REPORT Starting this week, for the next three weeks The Gasparilla Inn & Club will be installing storm drainpipe at the intersection of 7th St. and Palm Ave., then progressing across Ea…
Get ready for some mouth-watering BBQ this weekend
January 17, 2020
■ STAFF REPORT Bring your appetites and some spending cash this Saturday, Jan. 18 to the barbecue rib luncheon in the Boca Grande Fire Department truck bay to benefit the Boca Grande Firefighters A…
‘Tasty’ days ahead: ‘The Taste of Boca Grande,’ part 1
January 17, 2020
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A wise man once said that the reason many women don’t immediately tell their significant other what it is they want to eat, is because they want to eat more than one thing from …
Red tide: ‘It’s a local problem, but also a global problem’
January 17, 2020
■ BY SUE ERWIN A panel of several scientists spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Boca Grande Community Center on Friday. Jan. 15 about harmful algae blooms (HABs), courtesy of the Barrier Island Parks…
Author David Sparks to release sequel for ‘Pinky Pie’
January 17, 2020
■ STAFF REPORT Island author David Sparks will be releasing the sequel to “Burying Pinkie Pie” within the next weeks. “What Carlos Knew” will be available on Amazon.com. “Burying Pinkie Pie” is a s…
Bake sale for Baby Ensley planned for January 20
January 17, 2020
■ BY SUE ERWIN Nicole and Chris Cowart have been spending too much time at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando lately. Normally Chis spends his days building homes in Boca Grande, but an unfortu…
Mote scientist discusses stranding investigations program with Community Center crowd
January 17, 2020
■ BY SUE ERWIN Gretchen Lovewell, manager of Mote Marine’s stranding investigations program, gave a presentation on “Red Tide’s Toll on Marine Animals” to a packed room at the Boca Grande Community…
Beach Bash for Stump Pass scheduled for end of January
January 17, 2020
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Friends of Stump Pass (FOSP) will be hosting a “Beach Bash for Stump Pass” event from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. This inaugural fundraiser will be held at the Lightho…