Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
Have you ever heard of a dog winning the Medal of Honor? I hadn’t until I became a Certified Mentor for the NYC chapter of SCORE. Now my days are filled with mentoring two theater companies, a photography studio, a bridal designer, a tour bus company, several social media companies, two skincare brands, an accounting […]
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Next week, the Johann Fust Library Foundation will hold its first event, post hurricane, with an appearance by author Lynn Stegner. It will be held in the loggia, outside, as interior work on the first floor has not been completed. “We are making terrific progress on our recovery,” said Executive Director Bobbie Marquis. “All of […]
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Breaking News, Entertainment, Events, Featured News, News.
BY BOOTS TOLSDORF In September we all suffered from two horrific hurricanes. Our realities were shattered. We had to face the hard truths of our present devastation and get on with repairing our homes, and most importantly our souls. One might say that the difficulty in accepting our reality without withdrawing into a kind of […]
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This season the Boca Grande Art Center is pleased and grateful to offer rotating displays of their exhibiting artists’ works at the island’s recently re-opened Crews Bank & Trust on Park Avenue. First to be featured this month are several encaustic monotype pieces by Susan Shaffer, a founding member of the BGAC and 45-year island […]
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As the first Farmers Market of the season kicks off in their new temporary location, the community showed up in large numbers to offer their support. It was a beautiful morning by the water. Stop over and see them Friday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through March. More photos by Matt here
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The Suncoast Humane Society is having an opening celebration this week for its new campus at 2620 Worth Avenue in Englewood. Suncoast is also hosting a “Raise The Woof Community Day” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11. There will be a scavenger hunt, food trucks, merchandise, raffles, vendors and special animal […]
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Lee County Solid Waste has announced that debris collection for Hurricane Milton has concluded for unincorporated areas of mainland Lee County in addition to Boca Grande, Captiva and Pine Island. Collections on the sparsely populated islands of Upper Captiva, Useppa and Cayo Costa are ongoing. The county is now reminding residents of unincorporated mainland Lee […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
This season, the white pelicans returned to the area, and are now decamping on some of the new sandy flats created by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. In their yearly migrations, they find time to rest and recoup across the state, and in our area up and down Coral Creek and on Gasparilla Sound. […]
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The Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic opens on Saturday, Jan. 18. The all-island tournament, sponsored by the Boca Beacon’s publisher, Dusty Hopkins, will be held at the Boca Bay Pass Club, The Gasparilla Inn Tennis Club and the Boca Grande Club. It is all about bringing the island’s tennis players together. “I get the most out […]
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Boca Grande residents called Lee County about the dead mullet on beaches. As of Wednesday, Lee County Parks & Recreation had brought a dumpster and a surf rake to beaches. The equipment, according to Betsy Clayton, a spokesperson for Lee County, is specifically designed to clean up fish-kills and other beach debris. “The dumpster has […]