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The Lighthouse United Methodist Church is pleased to confirm that the 2024 Strawberry Festival will be held on March 2, 2024. The hours for the event are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Boca Grande Community Center grounds situated at the corner of Banyon Street and Park Street. We anticipate having all the […]
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The Barrier Island Parks Society will share the magic of the season at the annual lighting of the Lighthouse. Join them at Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum between 5:30 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Gates to the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum will open at 5:30 p.m. and the annual […]
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The Boca Grande Farmer’s Market will return Friday, Dec. 15 for the 2023-24 season. Due to the market location being used for a Hurricane Ian debris site, the county was unable to permit it to open last season. Organizers have been busy lining up a list of vendors which now includes some local artists and […]
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This week, representatives from T-Mobile and AT&T were on the cell tower site, working to get their equipment installed on the Boca Grande cell tower. Verizon is almost finished with construction work. That means improved cell service is imminent for Verizon customers, but it still could be over a month away for AT&T and T-Mobile. […]
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Before her reign as Miss America was to come to an end, a stop in Boca Grande was essential for Grace Stanke. With the help of Diane Cook – Grace’s great-aunt, a Boca Grande resident and a member of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club – that highlight of her year was fulfilled this week. Grace […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial, Opinion.
The dedication of the new island Christmas tree gave the island a moment of cultural clarity last Sunday night. It was a perfect evening – the cookies, the weather, the breeze, the sunset. The crowd that gathered was at minimum 500, using the Jacobs Method: Add up the people in a section and then count […]
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It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Jacob Patrick Halunen of Englewood, Florida on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Jacob was 19 years old. Born on October 22, 2004, to Michael Paul Halunen Sr. and Yvonne Diane (Barnthouse) Halunen. Jacob was a senior who would have been part of the graduating class of […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community, Profiles, Uncategorized.
Every issue, the Boca Beacon highlights one of our own in our Page 3 In The Spotlight. We look to the community to see who is making news, whether they be a volunteer for one of our non-profits like BIPS, or the retired important people who have come here after long careers elsewhere and reinvented […]
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When a group of Cape Haze residents met last month with Charlotte County officials about a proposed sewer project in their neighborhood, they had a new set of data: water quality tests taken by a group of high school volunteers. The group, led by biologist and resident Robert J. Robbins, took the surveys by boat […]
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At their upcoming Dec. 5, 2023 Board of County Commissioners meeting, Lee County will vote on a new contract for “population control services for black spiny-tailed iguanas” on Gasparilla Island. The award, set for the consent agenda, would be given to Blue Iguana Pest Control, Inc. dba Iguana Control of Coral Springs, Fla. as the […]