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Toll Booth construction update: Week 6

Contract Duration: 90 days from permit issue date of 9/29/17 The stucco subcontractor has been on site all week. Next week the metal roofs will be installed, and the toll plaza will be painted the following week. During active construction hours Monday-Friday, two on-island traffic lanes will remain open with the exception of material deliveries […]

Boca Grande medical doctors’ society to meet November 21

■ BY SUE ERWIN There is a great deal of knowledge that can be shared from well-known physicians who spend their winter months in Boca Grande. This organization includes doctors from the Boca Grande area who have been meeting informally to discuss various medical topics since the 1980s. Retired island doctors Daly Walker, Les Nash, Jim May […]

Annual Hoop Shoot planned for Nov. 18

■ STAFF REPORT The Lee County Parks and Recreation annual Turkey Hoop Shoot will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 18 at the Boca Grande Community Center’s outdoor basketball court. The event is free for all ages and is sponsored by the Boca Beacon. All children must be supervised. Prizes will be awarded to […]

Historic Board approves request to add pavilion shade at community center

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday morning unanimously approved a request to add a free-standing, covered pavilion over the outdoor concrete stage at the Boca Grande Community Center. The addition would be constructed in the north-side courtyard with the intention to provide shade, rain cover and acoustic enhancement. The fabric of […]

Boca Grande’s Historic District: Rises from the ‘Ashes’ of Hotel Hell

■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE When architect Rick Thurkow bought Boca Grande’s infamous “Hotel Hell” in 1986, he never dreamed he would be entering his own permitting purgatory. Before he finished his $150,000 renovation of the 70-year-old structure, Thurkow would spend two years “haggling with building and zoning officials” to get the approvals he needed. “Rick […]

GIBA roof repair update: Week 5

■ STAFF REPORT The three lower roofs are framed in, and the stucco subcontractor is working on the overhead roof. Question of the week: Why did you raise the roof of the toll plaza? Answer: The overhead replacement roof is the same height. Each of the lower three roofs was raised 2 1⁄2 feet for […]

Author Nan Alexander Doyle to speak at library on Nov. 16

The Johann Fust Library Foundation presents the first event in the 2017-2018 Literary Series. Nan Alexander Doyle will be speaking in the library loggia at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16 about her book, “Dig Where You Are – How One Person’s Effort Can Save a Life, Empower a Community and Create Meaningful Change in […]