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Look out for the March/April edition of Gasparilla Magazine, featuring stories on water aerobics, fly fishing and the Lemon Bay Golf Club. Keep an eye on your mailboxes for the new edition or stop by the Beacon office to pick up a copy.
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News, Police & Fire.
Last Saturday Feb. 10, there was an elevator entrapment on island. The Boca Grande Fire Department quickly rescued stuck passengers from a third-floor elevator at 5091 Gasparilla Road after a 911 call. There was a separate case on Jan. 27 that was also resolved. “You see how regular they are,” said Boca Grande Fire Department […]
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The Island School will be authorized by Lee County to add 10 students to their August 2024 capacity, according to a resolution to be heard by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners to be heard Feb. 20, 2024. The resolution, set for their regular meeting, amends the original June 21, 2005 lease with the […]
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The Boca Grande Health Clinic and Foundation will welcome Yale-trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alexander P. Miano, M.D. on February 20, 2024, for an in-person talk on resilience. Resilience is the ability to cope with and recover from adversity and setbacks experienced during difficult moments in our lifetime. Through innate and acquired factors and coping […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News.
Last weekend, the Miss Elissa catamaran made her first voyage to Boca Grande from Punta Gorda. The new voyage here is about 90 minutes, which is about an hour faster than before. “It’s more stable and it can make better time,” said Elissa Allen, marketing director for King Fisher fleet and namesake for Miss Elissa. […]
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The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority elected a new chairman at its Tuesday, Feb. 13 meeting. The former vice chairman, Drew Tucker, was elected chairman. George Milne was elected vice chair. “I have enjoyed it but I do believe in term limits,” said outgoing Chairman Ginger Watkins. During the meeting, Watkins took a look back at […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Featured News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Boca Grande Community Center auditorium was packed Wednesday as Dr. Jennifer Toyoda, researcher with the Mote Marine Laboratory, shared the latest information on the monitoring, measuring and mitigating of red tide. Progress is being made, but research is generating as many questions as answers, Toyoda reported. This is leading to discoveries of techniques and […]
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BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On February 7, the Boca Grande Garden Club welcomed noted garden designer and author Page Dickey to speak on her latest book, Uprooted, A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again, which is part memoir and part garden design. The book is not just for gardeners, but for anyone who has […]
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AT&T finally reached out and touched the Boca Grande cell tower this week. Its equipment is now atop the tower. According to Stephen E. Raville, who has been monitoring construction for the Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee, AT&T installed their antennas on Wednesday, and they should be on air within a week to ten days. […]
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To the Editor: Last Friday my wife and I went to the Cabaret at the Crowninshield. Another couple sat down at our table. The usual conversation began for most people. Where do you live when you’re not here? I said “Chicago and west Michigan “ Where in Chicago? Lincoln Park. Oh, we used to own […]