Letters to the Editor
Many thanks from Kids Classic coordinators: With 31 releases, they rocked the Pass!
June 10, 2016
To the Editor: The Board of Directors of Boca Grande Charities, Inc. would like to thank everyone for making the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament such a great success. An event like t…
Letters: Why does the County allow ‘curb lawn’ plantings to occur?
June 3, 2016
To the Editor:
This past week, a new resident in our community, Pat Neal, added a very attractive curb lawn to the front of their house on Gilchrist.
As a result, three public parking spots ha…
LBC supports expansion of Florida Forever Project
June 3, 2016
To the Editor: The Lemon Bay Conservancy (LBC) is a 501(c) 3 charitable land trust operating successfully in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed since 1972. LBC is pleased to provide this letter of suppor…
World’s Richest thanks given to many
May 27, 2016
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce wants to thank everyone who participated in, sponsored, donated to or volunteered for the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament 2016. We all had a…
Ladies Day committee thanks all for a great time
May 27, 2016
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce’s 26th Annual Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament had a successful outcome with a field of 36 boats and 11 total tarpon released on May 7, 2016. Brend…
Thank you to all who have served
May 27, 2016
To the Editor: We will always be grateful and thankful to the Beacon for the story of John Bourgoin and Walter Tatko. Great story about two great guys who contributed to victory in WWII. They were in…
Celebrate World Ocean’s Day with Mote on June 4
May 13, 2016
To the Editor:
Come celebrate our connection to the ocean during a World Oceans Day Family Festival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Mote Aquarium. World Oceans Day is an internationa…
Letter to the Editor: I don’t think you understand what I meant
May 9, 2016
To the Editor: After my letter to the editor in the Boca Beacon appeared a couple weeks back Ms. Watkins, chair of the bridge board, called me at my home. We had a civil conversation about what had t…
Beware the oxymoron, my son!
May 6, 2016
To the Editor: As a proud homeowner and winter resident of Boca Bay for over 20 years, I found out from the letter to the Beacon by Skip Perry (April 29) that I am an ochlophobist. Well, I have been…
Hope for Haitians committee thanks community
May 6, 2016
Friends of Boca Grande, On behalf of the Hope for Haitian Committee, I want to again thank you, the Boca Grande community, for your support in our Haiti projects. For the seventh year we have made o…