Savanah Pope has been competing in The Under Armour Junior Tour for four years. She competed in five, nine-hole tournaments this spring, winning the league championship for the spring season. This qualifies her for Summer Nationals at PGA Nationals in West Palm Beach to compete in a 36-hole tournament at the end of this month. […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Health & Wellness, Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the Boca Grande Clinic, its doctors, nurses and staff. What a comfort to be able to turn to them for solid advice and care in these strange and scary times. We recently experienced “breakthrough” Covid cases after contact with an unvaccinated […]
Get in touch Our office is open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mailing Address P.O. Box 313Boca Grande, FL 33921 Physical Address 431 Park AvenueBoca Grande, FL 33921 Phone 941-964-2995 or800-749-2995 Fax 941-964-0372 Our Team Dusty Hopkins Publisher/General Manager Garland Pollard Editor Daniel Godwin Art Director Caroline Clabaugh Sales Rep Matt Gutman […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.
Jim Brown is our local Boca Grande Arrow Pest Control man, a Vietnam Veteran, proud husband and father, and a passionate breeder of Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. You can also add to that list that he’s one heck of a storyteller. Jim and his wife Karen have been raising Chesapeakes since 1998. While they love all […]
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Christopher Rembold passed away on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, at 84 years of age. He was a graduate of Western Hills High School, where he is a member of its Athletic Hall of Fame, and the University of Cincinnati and a partner at National Machine Tool where he worked for 48 years. Boca Grande became […]
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Lara Loughlin passed away on Aug. 28, 2021 at the age of 27 years old. She was a mother-to-be, with her baby boy Alan to be born in February of 2022. Lara was born in New York City, and was raised in New York until she was nine years old where her and her family […]
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Gorham Lamont “Jerry” Cross of Needham, Mass., formerly of Weston, Mass. passed away on August 25, 2021. Born in 1929, he was the son of Gorham Lamont Cross and Margaret Warren Cross. He is survived by his children and their spouses, John Cross (Peggy), Jennifer Peterson (Curt), and Heather Woodworth (Charlie); his grandchildren, Ted and […]
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You can always count on a chef to whip it, whip it good (Devo). And when you’re a professional Boca Grande chef like Trish McIlroy, that “whipping” extends to bodybuilding. Trish McIlroy is the NPC Ironman first place winner of the Masters 40+ division, a competition that was just held at the Sarasota Opera House […]
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The Atha family had a summer that none of them were expecting. What started as a little discomfort and indigestion for Loretta Atha, quickly escalated in an unexpected way. On July 8, Loretta was taken to her Gastroenterologist for pain and swelling of her stomach. A CT scan was ordered for the next day, and […]