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This coming Wednesday, join in celebrating The Island School 5th grade graduates as the golf cart parade makes its way through town. The parade will take place on May 28 between 11:45 a.m. to noon to celebrate the students’ accomplishments. As horns signal their arrival, show your support for our students by stepping outside and […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a family biography of actor and producer Robert Burns Nachtmann, professionally known as Robert Dale Martin, the noted casting director of CBS during television’s golden age. He was the grandfather of Boca Grande resident Lisa Cottick, and father of Placida resident Jill Ediger. The self-published biography, written […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial, Opinion.
Perhaps, as God intended, we are truly living in some sort of tropical jungle paradise. Quite regularly, folks are reporting seeing a pair of flamingos, up in the air, up and down the island, and Cape Haze. They were above Coral Creek Wednesday, on their way to Englewood. The television weathermen of Fort Myers, each […]
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Looking back into previous Boca Beacon issues: FIVE YEARS AGO: The Seagate Development Group was reconstructing the pier accessible to the Hill Tide Estates. The pier used to be an old oil dock. TEN YEARS AGO: FPL was replacing utility poles along Gasparilla Road near 18th Street with more resilient poles, rated to winds up […]
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To the Editor: As Yogi Berra once said about Coney Island, “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” Are we going to turn Gasparilla Island into Coney Island? How many cars do we have to have before it’s too crowded? 500, 1,000, 5,000, more? Are we supposed to take every square foot of our beautiful […]
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This Saturday, May 24, is the Buzz Me’Up Boca H20 Festival, held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida. The music lineup for the sandbar, according to organizer Brian Turner, is Josie Salvitti at 9 a.m.; DJ Dank Williams from 9:15-11:30 a.m.; American Made from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Austin […]
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FIVE YEARS AGO Family Tradition takes first place in the Quarantine Queens Classic, the island’s answer to the Ladies’ Day Tarpon Tournament when Covid gets in the way. TEN YEARS AGO The Island School was busy wrapping up their school year with several activities, including the talent show and the Mother’s Day Tea which was […]
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T he World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament kicked off on Wednesday afternoon, May 14. There were 28 releases on the first day of fishing and 60 fish caught in total. “The wind stirs the pass up, and pushes them out,” said Capt. Christopher Taylor, president of the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association, as he tried to […]
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Ruane chairs Tourism Development Council The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau and Lee County Parks & Recreation have partnered to give local residents and visitors new ways to kick off summer fun and win great prizes. Parks, Points & Perks is a new program to encourage exploration of area parks, beaches, preserves, recreation centers, […]
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Each year, Paula Barth brings a group to Boca Grande from Miami for tennis. This has been a tradition for the last decade. This year the friendly competition was held at the Boca Bay Pass Club. Above, from left, in white, Nicole Wigelsworth, Lori Siman, Michelle Wolfe, Lindsay Waterhouse, Kelly Chestnut and Shannon Coe. […]