Audition this season and you could be a star next season!
By Erica Ress Martin
It’s that time of year again. The time when everyone who dreams of being on stage auditions for RPP’s upcoming season. For two days, April 1st and 2nd, every actor and sing…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: DeeAnn Phillips
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 vibr…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
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.
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The red tide report
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 …
Cell phone tower update:
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 …
Historic Preservation Board approves public hearing for Gilchrist property
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 …
Clinic announces plans to improve facilities and services
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…
Celebration of Life date set for the Bylaskas
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, pleas…
Superheroes everywhere! Fact: Not all superheroes wear capes
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 …
Little Shop of Horrors sure to entertain with puppets, a Greek chorus and more
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 cur…
