Written by Tonya Bramlage on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
Tami and Ralph Bellon kite together in Gasparilla Sound locally but the couple travels literally to where the wind takes them. “We love all the diverse walks of life that kitesurfing appeals to. We know surfers as young as four years old all the way up to 87 years old.” There is no age limit […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
According to local health officials, after fighting COVID-19 for more than 500 days now, the curve of the virus is continuing an upward trend in our area, in part because of the Delta variant … and some hospitals are running out of beds. This statement was followed up by some advice: If you can help […]
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 […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
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 […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in News.
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, […]