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Let the light shine!
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT History will be made this Saturday, Feb. 9 as the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse will shine its light across the island for the first time since the fall of 2016. Everyone is invited to…
Letters and more letters, and even a few more letters … It has become quite clear we need some post office answers
February 8, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In the last three weeks the Boca Beacon office has been flooded with letters, emails and other forms of communications regarding service at the Boca Grande Post Office. With about…
Coffee with Jim L. from Mote Feb.13
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Join Mote Marine scientist Dr. Jim Locascio for “Coffee with a Scientist” at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in Mote’s Boca Grande Outreach Office located at 480 East Railroad Ave. in Boc…
Alice Gorman to speak at the library about her novel – Valeria Vose
February 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN It started out as a memoir in the 1990s. Alice Gorman began to chronicle her life. More than two decades later, Gorman published her first novel, “Valeria Vose.” “I sent the manuscript…
Capt. Marian Schneider publishes novel, book signing planned
February 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Capt. Marian Schneider embarked on a journey 27 years ago and started Grande Tours, an ecotourism business just off island on Placida Road. Inspired by her father’s example and the les…
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show is back!
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Get ready for more hilarity and fun as the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show comes to the stage for it’s biannual return. On Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. at the Boca Grande Community…
Come celebrate a new beginning for docks at Whidden’s …
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The family of Isabelle Joiner and the members of the board of the Gasparilla Island Maritime Musem will hold a special day in honor of a new dock project and the late Isabelle Joiner’s…
Next ‘History Bytes’ event planned for Feb. 13
February 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN History Bytes, sponsored by the Boca Grande Historical Society and U.S. Trust, will be held again on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. in the Johann Fust Library Loggia. Hank Hendry is a s…
Frank Newlin talks about what the island was like in the 1950s – 60s
February 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Frank Newlin shared some personal stories of what it was like growing up on the island with his grandparents during the 1950s through the 1970s with a large crowd…
Award-winning artist Kathleen Broaderick will be teaching at Boca Grande Art Center
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Award-winning Santa Rosa Beach artist Kathleen Broaderick will be offering a two-day oil workshop at the Boca Grande Art Center this month. An intensive two-day “Bold & Beautiful O…