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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Beacon is teaming up with Boca Grande Marina and Lee County County Parks and Recreation staff to host a free youth fishing tournament at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 9. The two-hour fishing tournament is for boys and girls ages 15-and-under. It will take place at the Boca Grande Fishing […]
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On Thursday, Aug. 17 Gasparilla Island State park officially opened the ADA accessible boardwalk on the south end of the island. Funds for this boardwalk were made possible through the Lee County Tourist Development Council. According to Parks Manager Chad Lach, special thanks goes out to not only the TDC, but also Park Rangers Shannon […]
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■ STAFF REPORT A 2002 26’ Glacier Bay boat was reportedly stolen from Marina Bokeelia on July 21 between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The boat belongs to Capt. Jack who operates “Capt. Jack Boat Tours” in Bokeelia. T he boat was docked along with other tour boats behind Capt. Con’s Fish House on Main […]
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Gerry Getman, 70, of McMurray, Pennsylvania and Boca Grande, died unexpectedly Thursday, August 10, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Katy Getman; loving father of Chrissy (Stephen) Martin and Mandy (Timothy) Cribbs; dear grandfather of Jameson Cribbs; and brother of the late Darold (Barbara) Getman. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Mr. Getman retired […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve visited the Boca Grande Health Clinic over the past few years, you’ve probably met Laquanda Dixon, the medical assistant at the health center. Laquanda has been working at the clinic for three years. Besides greeting and helping to care for patients, she also is the quality improvement coordinator. She was born […]
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■ PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE Do you love trivia? Mote Marine Laboratory recently launched a new online game called “Who Wants to be a Sea Star?” on mote.org. This game was originally created for Mote’s Oh Baby! exhibit. This fun interactive game is an expanded version of what is currently on display at Mote and is fin-tastic […]
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■ The Island School began their school year on Thursday, Aug. 10 with 60 students attending. There were Coleman boys in the reading tent, hugs all around for Head of School Jean Thompson and Isabella Steyer, bright and shining new kindergarten faces with teacher Megan O’Connor, kids chilling out with teacher J.T. Tremaine, a great […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved two certificates of appropriateness at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9. The first item on the agenda was a request to construct an addition to the existing garage into the front of the property at 1071 10th Street East. The applicant proposes to construct […]
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■ STAFF REPORT New at the Boca Grande Historical Society is an Archival Research Center where individuals and organizations will be able in the near future to access the many materials the Society archives. These include maps, VHS tapes and DVDs, artifacts, subject files, oral histories, History Bytes presentations, newspapers, photos, letters, architectural drawings and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The majority of sea turtle nests survived Tropical Storm Emily. Thankfully, reports from the turtle patrol front lines are very positive and the storm has not been as destructive as storms breaking at this time of the year in the past. Many nests have been washed over (when the waves break […]