Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
JoAnne (Jo Jo) Faulstich passed away on June 29, 2015 in Southwest Florida after a lengthy illness. She was a native of California and lived in Boca Grande for more than 30 years. Jo Jo graduated from Redlands High School in Redlands, Calif. in 1972. She attended Humboldt State in the 1970s, where she pursued […]
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Captain James “Jimmy” Andrew Robertson, 60, passed away peacefully Saturday July 11, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 40 years Marjie; his daughter, Julie Jean (Jon); his beloved grandchildren, Savannah and Hunter; his Mother, Joan; sisters Susan, Kathy, Barbara and Mary; his brother,Tommy; many nieces and nephews; and his three Labrador retrievers, Ben, […]
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BY JACK SHORT She’s Chrissy to most, but only if you knew her after she moved here. Or before she became a professional. It’s a little confusing. She had switched to Christine in order to be taken more seriously, but Boca Grande apparently has a surfeit of Christine’s (or Christina’s), so it was back to […]
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Dear People of Boca Grande, The Boca Grande Farmers Market appeals to you for help and assistance in finding and identifying new market location alternatives. When we began our plans in the summer of 2014 to establish the market, the greater part of our laborious energies went to trying to quickly identify a suitable and […]
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Many of you are aware that Sam Samsonov, a toll tender with the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority for 30 years, is no longer at the booth. There has been a flood of responses on social media regarding his leaving, and we wanted to acknowledge him. Sam, you were a Gasparilla Island fixture. Many people saw […]
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We had another amazing Independence Day, and wanted to share some of our photos from the fireworks and the golf cart parade. If you’d like to see them, go to our website, bocabeacon.com, click on the “media” tab, then “photos.”Or, just click here: Boca Grande Independence Day
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE We lost another one of our island mothers on Sunday, July 5, as Louise Bowe slipped away from congestive heart failure. Other than for a few years her entire life was spent on the island, and while she was a quiet, understated woman her impact on Gasparilla Island was profound. Mary Louise […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE AND JACK SHORT We’ve been famous before for having one of the most expensive zip codes, and for having some of the best beaches. We’ve got celebrity status for many reasons here on Gasparilla Island, and now we’ve got a new reason to be chatted up on the Today Show and in […]
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BY MIKE VASHER When was the last time you had the opportunity to be invited onboard a fishing vessel to get to meet and speak with one of the world’s most well-known artists, scientists, explorers, and conservationists, Dr. Guy Harvey? With a little perseverance, Capt. Sandy Melvin, owner of Gasparilla Outfitters and a director of […]
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Remember back in the day when you used to be able to go to our website and watch the world go by in downtown Boca Grande? Those days are here again, my friends, because the Boca Beacon webcam is back in business. Right now we’re still aiming it right down Park Avenue facing Hudson’s Grocery, […]