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The Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce will present the inaugural Art on Park street festival on Saturday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 25. The Chamber event will be held this year in collaboration with local arts organizer Carroll Swayze, as well as the Boca Grande Art Center. At the festival, artists from all across the […]
Written by Michelle Starr on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.
I was able to find five sea stars on Christmas eve morning that had attached themselves to the trestles so that they could snack on the crustaceans. One of the smaller ones even had its stomach extended out, ready to eat. Sea stars don’t have an internal digestive system or a real mouth. Instead, their stomach extends from the underside of the central disk. The stomach then envelops the food and digests it outside of the body.
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Carl William Kimmel, 85, passed away on December 15, 2023, from natural causes. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he was born July 6, 1938, to Carlton William Kimmel and Adeline McKechnie Kimmel. Carl was a devoted Christian and family man, with a kind, loving heart and great sense of humor. He graduated from Eastern High […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News.
The four digit … It’s the time of year to check on and update your listing in the 4-Digit Phone Book. Since 1991, the Boca Beacon has published this reference text, one of the last remaining residential phone books in the U.S., which were once ubiquitous. Do you have a new number? Do you want […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in News, Police & Fire.
Boca Grande has a new officer in charge of the island from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Michael Sawicki. Lt. Sawicki (above, at right) is familiar with Boca Grande, having served as the reciprocal officer for Boca Grande while he was at Captiva. Lt. Sawicki, officially Island Residential Deputy, is moving to the island […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Featured News, News.
As crowds thronged through Boca Grande on New Year’s Day, there was a festive tone, as the weather had broken and hit somewhere around 72, depending on where you were. While optimism for the New Year was present, not everyone actually made resolutions. In a heavily unscientific poll along Park Avenue, about half of the […]
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Editor’s note: Capt. Jeff Corkhill (pictured above at right) will be moving on from Boca Grande as of Monday, and Lt. Jeff Sawicki, who had been at Captiva Island, will be taking his place. Island residents wrote in to the Boca Beacon to say thank you for his 13 years of service. A news story […]
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The annual meeting for the members of Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. During this meeting, the election for three open seats on the Board of Directors will take place. Although nominations are also permitted from the floor, the three current nominees proposed by the Board are as […]
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Susan Bruggemeier Kruder of Akron, Ohio and Boca Grande, Florida passed away at her home in Florida on December 10, 2023 at the age of 92 comforted by her loving family and caregivers. Susan was born November 1st., 1931 to the late Irene and George Bruggemeier. She was the beloved wife of the late Paul […]
Written by Drew Stanley on . Posted in News.
This winter, there are a number of new flights serving the area from our local Punta Gorda, Fort Myers and Sarasota airports. This week, JetBlue began serving the route from Fort Myers to Worcester, Mass. (ORH) weekly starting Jan. 4, 2024. Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) also has new service to the following […]