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Longtime golfer and Boca Beacon columnist Phil Woods will be honored at the Lemon Bay Golf Club this Friday and Saturday when they play The Captain’s Cup this weekend. Woods was a contributor during the early years of the Boca Beacon, and wrote columns on both golf and fishing. Through his career he has been […]
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The Scholarship Committee of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club is accepting scholarship applications. Applicants for the program must meet the following criteria: 1. Have applied for admission to a school of higher education. 2. Demonstrate a high school grade point average of B or better. 3. Reside in Boca Grande, or be the child or […]
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BY KAREN GRACEBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER Frank and Louise DuPont Crowninshield first came to Boca Grande in 1916 or 1917 having learned from Benny Crowninshield, Frank’s brother, of the large number of tarpon in local waters. By 1923, they were Florida residents with a house at First Street and Gulf Boulevard, the street west of […]
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BY JEFF MOORE, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our generous donors, both big and small, as well as our incredible volunteers and dedicated staff and board of trustees. This past weekend marked a significant milestone in our journey towards advancing animal welfare as we proudly opened […]
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Residents of Boca Grande have been seeing jet vacuum trucks cleaning up drains and sewers. The work is part of a master contract from Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for road repairs. “Lee DOT crews are doing final cleanup of the right of way and patching roads that are not on the contracted list,” said […]
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The Lee County Hearing Examiner is set at press-time to hear a zoning case regarding the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s new annex at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23. The hearing, in Ft. Myers, is regarding a variance for parking spaces. The county’s code requires 51 spaces, but the clinic needs 11 spaces for those […]
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Lee County has announced that a number of beach access points have officially reopened on Gasparilla Island. The beach access points, part of Lee County Parks & Recreation, were closed after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The streets have needed extensive stabilization and road repairs, as in most cases the sand was either washed out completely, […]
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at far right, spoke to an overflow group at the Boca Grande Men’s Club luncheon on Wednesday this week. Shown above from left are Greg Brown, Motorola CEO and Dick Brown who serves on the Board of the Men’s Club. […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The middle of winter arctic fronts have arrived here in southwest Florida, but the backcountry fishing has been unbrrr-lievably good! With nighttime air temperatures consistently in the 40s this past week, water temperatures have dropped substantially on the flats. But, unlike most people, the large speckled seatrout have been fired up. […]
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Severe weather events are the scourge of golf course superintendents, causing bunker washouts, downed trees, and other adverse conditions rendering courses unplayable. Locally, it might present as Post Tropical Storm Disorder, not to be confused with its more serious medical malady. Rather, it is the state of affairs left after severe storms leave the area. […]