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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Finance/Audit Committee conducted a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8 in the GIBA administration office. GIBA executive staff are currently testing a new website that will allow customers to pay their bills online. “The new site will allow people to check their balances, add money to their accounts […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN New York City Broadway Director Joshua Gold will be directing the Royal Palm Players’ musical “Nunsense” this upcoming spring. Several performances are planned for March. Originally from New York City, Josh’s parents moved to the Tampa Bay area, where he spent his formative years and completed high school. He earned his bachelor […]
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Ruth Adair Newman, 93, of Boca Grande, Florida, formerly of Seville, Ohio died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 in Medina. Adair was born February 23, 1926 in Milwaukie, Oregon to Thomas and Ruth {Flynn} Remly. She married Joseph Newman on October 8th, 1951. He passed on August 5th, 2001. Adair was an RN at the Veterans […]
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To the Editor: For the good of the community, let’s reduce or eliminate leaf blower usage around Boca Grande. We all come here to enjoy family and friends, the outdoors, and the peace and quiet and beauty of this island. The use of loud, smelly and toxic leaf blowers is reducing our ability to have […]
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To the Editor: I salute you for your efforts to shine some light on the serious erosion of Boca Grande’s character presently taking place along the seawall in town. We all have a lot to lose here. This is just one more example of a really sad situation within the community which seems hopeless. Good […]
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To the Editor: I just read your editorial column in the recent Boca Beacon. I too am appalled at the circumstances of handling that “death situation.” I am retired from a 40-year career in cardiology. That was totally mishandled. That lady should have been evaluated by emergency medical personnel. What if she had only been […]
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To the Editor: My name is Mike Sheehan and my wife Kathy and I have been owners in the Boca Grande Club for 30+ years. I have never written to the Beacon before but after reading your editorial of the 27th I felt the strong urge to write and express my admiration for how you […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The death of a 40-year-old man in Boca Grande Isles will be ruled as an accidental traffic homicide, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Peer August Segelke, of Blacksburg, Va., was riding on the back of a golf cart on Treasure Lane in Boca Grande Isles on Monday, Nov. 18 when […]
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■ MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re planning on coming down to the island soon, or are already here after a long spell of being elsewhere, you’re going to find that some big changes have taken place at the Boca Grande Health Clinic and at the Annex. According to Clinic administrators, the Annex and its activities will […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is excited to announce the 2020 dates for the Mercabo Preserve Site Tours. The five tours held in 2019 were completely booked, so don’t wait to call to reserve your spot. This year’s tours will educate guests about the GICIA’s successful acquisition of the […]