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Editor’s Note: Due to a family emergency, this has been postponed. Sue Sligar of Gilchrist Interiors has invited Vice Chairman Kevin Ruane, who represents the island as District 1 Commissioner on the Lee County Board of County Commissioners, to come to the Community Center on Monday, July 8 to meet with “owners of shops and […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Health & Wellness, Sports & Outdoors.
“Sunscreen is a surprising culprit of ocean pollution, and one that’s getting the attention it deserves. Not only are the chemicals in sunscreens damaging to marine life and reefs butthey’re also absorbed by your skin.” 2023 Avocado Impact Report Now that the summer season has officially started, thousands of people will be heading to the […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of tarpon are still being caught in Boca Grande Pass, Little Gasparilla Pass, and out on the beaches. If you are looking to back bay fish, target the snook with live bait on the higher tides. Some redfish are being caught as well but the snook have been a more […]
Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Columns, Community History, Featured News, Sports & Outdoors.
Somewhere in the intense mid- ‘80s, I took videographer Gary Sullivan tarpon fishing. It was 1985 when I met Gary, aka Sully, when he came along on a trip. He was in the production business and, awed by our exciting, amazing tarpon fishing, said we should make a TV show. This opened a new chapter […]
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The Englewood Art Center, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, is offering visitors and residents a chance to enjoy original artworks created by more than 20 area artists. EAC’s Summer Art Market is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20 in the center’s Loranger Gallery, […]
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BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY The late Robert Fischer, author of “Boca Grande: Once A Railroad Town,” wrote that there are “Many beautiful places to live or vacation in southwest Florida … Once Boca Grande had all the charm and ambience of a James Michener novel set in the South Pacific … Once Boca […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Community, Community History, News.
On Wednesday, July 10, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to discuss several proposed construction plans. The Board will discuss the plan for the improved Boca Grande Community Center, requested by the Friends of Boca Grande, detailed in the meeting agenda released last Friday. The Community Center property has three structures that are […]
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Wednesday meeting looks at center, two projects The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board is meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10 at the Boca Grande Community Center Woman’s Club Room. The Lee County Department of Community Development Planning Section released the meeting agenda and backup material on Friday, June 28, including new Community Center […]
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A giant seven-inch poison cane toad was caught and bagged in the alley behind the Boca Beacon office on Tuesday, July 2. The cane toad (also known as the bufo, giant or marine toad) is an invasive species to Florida that secretes a poisonous white bufotoxin, seen in the bag. They can be deadly to […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles, Sports & Outdoors.
As one story goes, sometime in the 1980s, a man and his children grew weary of caring for their pet iguanas. They decided to visit the Range Light in Boca Grande and deposit the no-longer-loved pets in the sandy bushes there. Those iguanas have gotten their revenge – but on the wrong people. It has […]