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Editorial: Shark fishing, Gilchrist fibbing, fat-bottomed trucks

May 15, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As the tourist season cools down and tarpon season heats up, an outsider would think that things would be pretty quiet around here. It sounds logical, but wait. Look, there in t…

A letter from the ‘ginned up’ locals

May 15, 2015
To the Editor: I just read the reply to my letter to the editor from last week, from Mr. Regnery. It made me dizzy. The RPMs of that spin were off the scale. Unsubstantiated charges? Red Herrings? …

Island resident responds to ‘flawed recommendation’

May 15, 2015
Gilchrist in the 1940s (The following was sent to Lee County Commissioners by Boca Grande resident Bill Regnery on May 11. By …

RPP says ‘thanks for the support this year’

May 15, 2015
To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Royal Palm Players, I want to thank the entire Boca Grande community for the unprecedented support we got for our 2014-2015 season. People turn…

Not all Isles residents are in favor of weight increases

May 15, 2015
To the Editor: We read in last week’s Boca Beacon that you have received a letter from the President of the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association stating that residents of the Isles were i…

Letter to the Editor: A big thanks to all who participated in the OBGBBC

May 11, 2015
To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Johann Fust Library Foundation, I want to express our sincere appreciation to the community for your generous support and your participatio…

Letter to the Editor: Resident challenges last week’s letter

May 11, 2015
To the Editor: The letter headlined “The Saga of” in the May 1 issue contained a series of unsubstantiated charges (Sunday confrontation) and misleading example (parkway plantings) which impeached …

Letter to the Editor: A happy community means well-attended churches … right?

May 11, 2015
To the Editor: We spend six months in Boca Grande, and the other six months we live in northern Ontario, Canada, where I was born and raised. Since building our beloved Camp David on the shores of …

Letter to the Editor: A bridge over calmer waters

May 11, 2015
To the Editor: I went to the GIBA website after reading the account of the last bridge meeting. Under “about us” was a statement entitled mission. “To maintain safe and efficient traffic flow at al…

Letter to the Editor: Thanks to all who made Mark’s celebration special

May 1, 2015
To the Editor: On behalf of the Shevitski family may I please send out a huge thank you to all of Marks friends who attended his Boca service. We tend to do things in our own special way here on t…