Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Education.
On Tuesday, Aug. 10 the classrooms at The Island School were once again ringing with the sounds of the voices of teachers and children as the first day of school began. Parents of the students stood in the parking lots and on the lawn, making sure everything was a go, and eventually left the children […]
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On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 5 a webinar held by the Florida Department of State’s National Historic Review Board showed 45 people logged in, waiting to hear the board’s determination regarding the Boca Grande Residential Historic District. This was to determine whether criteria were met for eligibility; not to decide whether the District would […]
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As the water heats up and the rains start coming more frequently, we all start to get nervous about our old nemsis named red tide. For weeks we had been hearing about the problems Tampa Bay was having with the algae named Karenia brevis, but it wasn’t until two weeks ago that we realized “Karen” […]
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SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC The Delta variant of the coronavirus has arrived on island with the Clinic seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases this past week including symptomatic infections in those fully vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put forth new face mask guidelines in response to surging COVID-19 cases […]
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They say it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. In Florida, it’s both. When temperatures rise into the mid to upper 90s, combined with the oppressive Florida humidity, it can turn your fun beach vacation into a trip to the emergency room. Ambulance calls on the island for heat-related illiness have increased in recent weeks, […]
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The Boca Beacon staff traveled to the Sarasota Westin on Friday, July 16 for the Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper awards, and the Florida Magazine Association Charlie Awards. We did pretty well, garnering 15 in the FPA contest and eight in the FMA contest. In the newspaper contest Art Director Daniel Godwin received a […]
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Recently I made a trip to California to see our children and grandchildren. We spent some time in the area from LA to Santa Barbara. As we visited the areas mentioned I began to notice that the majority of people spend more money on shoes and sunglasses or hats than on the rest of the […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you haven’t noticed, it is officially summer in Southwest Florida. The humidity is back, the temperature rarely skates below the low 80s (high 70s if we’re lucky) at night, the Gulf water is warm, and the sunsets are spectacular. If you’ve ever wondered about that last mention of amazing sunsets, […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Charlotte Players have refused to allow a pandemic to stand in the way of their 60th anniversary. Making the best of a challenging season, the non-profit community theater has done its best to remain open while keeping its theater patrons safe with social distancing, masks, and loads of sanitizer. […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The 2021 Howl at the Moon Invitational Tarpon Tournament that was originally scheduled for May 22 was held this past Saturday, on June 19 in Boca Grande Pass. Capt. Charlie Coleman and his team aboard Casuarina took first place after releasing their one and only tarpon in the tournament … but […]