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May 4, 2023
A sad but necessary goodbye
You’re not going to like what we’re about to say, but you knew it was coming. The Community Tree across from Hudson’s Grocery will be coming down soon, as Hurricane Ian apparently put a final nail…
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IT’S GONE
April 27, 2023
Whispering Bench demolished The Whispering Bench is gone. Early Saturday morning heavy equipment operators came and began to gouge it out of t…
Knight named new BGHS president, Blaha to serve as vice president
April 27, 2023
Johns Knight is the newly-elected president of the Boca Grande Historical Society. The Knight family came to Florida in 1840, settling first in Ma…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
April 27, 2023
FIVE YEARS AGO The roster was filling up for Ladies Day, and the Boca Grande Historical Society elected Karen Grace to her second term as presi…
IT’S GONE
April 22, 2023
The Whispering Bench has been demolished as of this morning at 10:45 a.m. People started making phone calls at about 7 a.m. this …
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
April 6, 2023
FIVE YEARS AGO Boca Grande Causeway history was made after a massive Spring Break party a one-day car crossing record was set – 4,989 to be exa…
The Spadero family returns to Boca Grande …
March 30, 2023
By Karen Grace, Boca Grande Historical Society Joseph Spadero came to Boca Grande in the 1920s. On Sunday, March 26, 2023, his great niece, Cel…
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