Opinion
Your pet could be a calendar star
May 22, 2015
To the Editor:
Suncoast Humane Society is excited to announce that its 2016 Pet Calendar Photo Contest has officially begun. Your pet’s photos could be featured on the front cover of this exclusi…
Wherefore art thou, sweet Aunt Bea?
May 22, 2015
To the Editor:
It’s that time of year again. The time when the lords and ladies assemble their baggage trains and go back to whatever magical kingdom they’re trying to make Boca Grande into. When…
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…
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 H…
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 his request it is printed here)
Gentlemen:
I read Executive Di…
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. P…
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…
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 partic…
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 impe…
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 o…