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Holding the hand of his wife, Joseph Henry Head Jr. passed away peacefully at home on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87. Joe Head served in the U.S. Army and was a graduate of The Taft School, Yale University and Harvard Law School. He reached the pinnacle of his profession as a legal […]
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Thomas Meskell Hauser, 78, of Boca Grande and Dellwood, Minn., passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on April 24, 2019. Tom was born in Saint Paul, Minn. on August 6, 1940. He graduated from St. Paul Academy in 1959 and later a received a bachelor’s degree in business and psychology from the University of Minnesota. After […]
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To the Editor: The annual statewide recreational alligator harvest begins August 15, and the application process is a random drawing – so the more choices you make, the better your chances of getting drawn. The application period for the phase I random drawing begins May 17 at 10 a.m. and runs through May 27. More […]
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To the Editor and all of our supporters: More than 200 lovers of fine literature attended the past season’s Literature Forum. Able presenters and discussion leaders, including Pat Agger, Sue Fuller, Sally Brust, Hilari Fix, Charles Clarke, Anne Beatty and Ellie Crawford, brought the selected books to life by describing the history of the time […]
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To the Editor: It was another miraculous year for the Haitian people. When we sent a thank you letter to the Boca Beacon editor in mid-April, we said we hoped we would make our goal (50 houses) by season’s end as we have in the past. At that time we were overwhelmed after we had […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last week the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Jacksonville announced that some Gasparilla Island beaches in Lee County would be renourished this summer, which initially sounds like a great idea. Beaches in the Historic District have lost a great deal of sand in the last few years, leaving a […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nesting season officially began on May 1, but one anxious loggerhead started the season early and made her nest on Monday, April 29. The first nest of the season was found and documented in Zone 8 (Range Light walkway south to Sea Grape Park) by Donna Larson and Ashley […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande’s own William S. Farish’s thoroughbred, Code of Honor, completed his major preparation earlier this week for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby by working a half-mile in less than 47 seconds with exercise rider Brian Duggan. The horse is kept at Lane’s End Farms in Versailles, Kentucky. Code of Honor, a chestnut-colored […]
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The Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS responded to their first shark bite call since 2005 on Wednesday, May 1. At approximately 6:42 p.m. the call came in. The victim had been fishing on a boat in Boca Grande Pass when he lost his balance and fell into the water. Witnesses said it […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Installation of the Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc.’s temporary construction bridge is now underway just north of the existing Gasparilla Inn golf course bridge on the east side of 7th Street. Boat traffic will not be able to pass through this area from May 1 through November 15. Boaters will have the […]