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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Do you care?
January 24, 2020
To the Editor: The recent articles in the Boca Beacon about the Promenade and this week, the comparison of it to the iconic Sconset Bluff walk in Nantucket got my attention. I have only been a homeow…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shame on you
January 24, 2020
To the Editor: Shame on the Comries. I am appalled at the attacking behavior toward a local long-time friend of the Boca Grande community, Robert Johnson. It is most unwelcomed here. Why don’t you fi…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Operation Christmas Child’ thanks given
January 24, 2020
To the Editor: I am writing to thank Boca Grande residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors in Boca Grande…
PROFILE: ‘Taste’ Chefs, Part II
January 24, 2020
This week’s profile may seem a bit confusing on first perusal, but there is a method to our madness. We want to introduce you to the chefs behind “The Taste of Boca Grande,” a few at a time, in the w…
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 reg…
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 resi…
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 East…
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 Ass…
‘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 mo…
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 S…