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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY IN THE BOCA BEACON

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages.

FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Island was in a heated debate regarding a proposed assisted living house along East Railroad Avenue. TEN YEARS AGO The Mote Marine Laboratory deployed their marine robot “Waldo” to our local waters. Waldo was taking water samples and detecting red tide levels to give scientists accurate readings. FIFTEEN YEARS […]

Fishing after the storm with Capt. Sandy Melvin

Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN Typically September and October are our rainy months around the Island.  The rainwater enters the Peace and Myakka River water basins and comes down into Charlotte Harbor before making its way out the passes into the Gulf. That rainwater turns our local waters dark brown from the natural tanic acids found […]

FWC creates hotline to address thousands of derelict vessels displaced by Hurricane Ian

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has established a hotline for reporting displaced vessels still on Florida state waters because of Hurricane Ian.  When Hurricane Ian swept across the state, thousands of vessels were displaced by wind and storm surge. Some were pushed ashore, some damaged in marinas and private docks, others relocated […]

OBITUARY: Bonnie McGee

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Obituaries.

We lost another island light. Bonnie McGee lived on the island for many years and was known as a woman who was a most soft-hearted joker and the life of the party. If there was a way to get you in trouble, she would find it. Her charm, sense of humor and beauty always got […]

The Boca Beacon’s Hurricane Watch

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

UPDATED 2330 SEPT. 26 … The Boca Grande Causeway does NOT close to CAR traffic. It closes to BOAT traffic when winds reach sustained 40 mph. That means if you are in a boat and the winds are 40 mph or higher, you aren’t coming under the Boca Grande Causeway swing bridge.
Officials will sometimes close the bridge to general traffic after a storm has passed and officials have declared it unsafe to come on the island.

Set a time to seek  the spirits with BIPS

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

The past will live again this Halloween as the Barrier Island Parks Society (BIPS) scares up stories from Boca Grande’s history for its premier Haunted History Tour. The tour will be offered twice, both on Sunday, Oct. 30, one at 5 p.m. and the other at 6:30 p.m. Each will run about one hour and […]