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Idalia’s indelible mark on Boca Grande’s beaches
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community, News.
The flooding the island experienced was bad, but this is worse. We have very little to no beach left from 1st to 5th Street. The ramp that went down to the beach at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club is gone as well. Down by the Boca Bay Pass Club, the beach has eroded away as […]
WRONG KEY
Written by Tim Banfell on . Posted in Columns, Entertainment.
THE BOCA BEACON’S (NOT-SO) ACCU-WEATHER REPORT
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Columns, Entertainment.
HAM IT UP! Around the world with the Boca Beacon and … Terry Seitz!
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Community, ham-it-up.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Summer and fall news at the Boca Grande Community Center
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Community, News.
To the Editor: The summer has been an active season at the Boca Grande Community Center and that will continue through the fall. Highlights from the Community Center, 131 First Street West, Boca Grande: Summer Camp Lee County Parks & Recreation staff wrapped up a successful summer camp. Camp was at full capacity of 60 […]
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON …
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Columns, Community History.
FIVE YEARS AGO Almost two weeks without any major red tide issues was a big deal, after a period of about two years where it was terrible. TEN YEARS AGO A ruling on the side of our resources. One aspect of the bottom-weighted tarpon jig saga was closed, as the FWC voted to adopt new […]
EDITORIAL: Paradise just ain’t what it used to be
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community, Editorial.
If a hurricane doesn’t leave you dead It will make you strong. Don’t try to explain it, just nod your head, Breathe in, breathe out, move on. Those words went through my head a time or 10 on September 28th of last year. Since then, as well, as we’ve had our lives turned upside down […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Closed for the month, but not out of touch …
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, News.
To the Editor: The Boca Grande History Center will be closed from September 1 – 30 as we refresh our exhibits for the coming season. We appreciate your patience and will announce our reopening after our short break. Our staff can still be reached by phone at (941) 964-1600 or by email at info@bocagrandehistoricalsociety.com. We […]
Down in the nick of time – Bakery Building toppled hours before Idalia winds and rain came
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
Kevin Kelley couldn’t have come at a better time. When he was hired to take over the demolition effort at the old Bakery Building on E. Railroad Avenue, he didn’t waste a moment. Kelley and his crew started on Monday, Aug. 28. He told everyone he hoped to have the second floor of the collapsed building taken down by lunch time … but in fact it was before 11 a.m. when it was down below the roof line of The Barnichol. By the end of the day, it was just about down altogether.
Getting the building down became an urgent priority when the feeder bands of Hurricane Idalia were expected to start hitting the island on Tuesday afternoon. Had the building been left the way it was, who knows what would have happened?