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Possible raising for Baptist Church, 10th Street hearing

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will consider two cases at its meeting on July 8. The first case concerns 1000 10th Street. It is a request to change the house’s status from contribut…

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This date in the Boca Beacon: RPP Clown College

FIVE YEARS AGO Work had begun on the expansion project at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church with the home next door razed and the lot cleaned…

Board denies Catholic Church plans

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board unanimously voted down a proposal by the Diocese of Venice to tear down the old Boca Grande Preschool bu…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Neil Armstrong came to catch a tarpon

FIVE YEARS AGO Sassy Tarts Bakery celebrated one year in business. Originally, they were vendors at the Englewood and Boca Grande farmers markets…

Our Lady campus expansion plans at Preservation Board

Above, views of the new building. Views at top are the south facade, and a view from the west. Bottom row, additional elevations. Lee County filings…

Bunkhouse gets historic sign array

The old Placida bunkhouse, the last building remnant of the old Boca Grande route of the Charotte Harbor and Northern Railway, recently got a set of…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Tennis courts relocated to Wheeler Road

FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Community Center named a large room on the east wing the Dee Wheeler Multi-Purpose Room after the woman who create…

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