Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in News.
As the hurricane becomes something that is farther and farther away from the minds of those who weren’t seriously affected, those who were are feeling the financial crunch even more than before … and help is running out. Luckily there are a lot of organizations that can help with food needs, including one that may […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor, All monies raised during the current Habitat for Humanity “Dollar for Dollar” match will go directly into building homes for families like Jennifer Morales and her children. Jennifer is the café manager at Imagine School in North Port and a single mom to three boys – Ryan, Noah and Cayne. She currently […]
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There aren’t many years that start out with so much hope for a “back-to-normal” life, only to have a big old sledgehammer come at the end of the third quarter, but 2022 provided that. Hurricane Ian picked up our island and shook it like a snow globe, and while we didn’t have the same devastation […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages, Columns, Community History.
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO U.S. Sugar President and CEO Robert Buker and Judy Sanchez, senior director of Corporate Communications and publications for U.S. Sugar, gave a presentation about “big sugar” at the Community Center. TEN YEARS AGO Work on the new bridge system was coming along, as Wyoming rails were erected and the […]
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To the Editor: As preparations are made to ring in the new year, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office wishes to remind Florida residents that the private use of fireworks is legal on three holidays per year. Those holidays include New Year’s Eve (December 31), New Year’s Day (January 1), and Independence Day (July 4). We […]
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Lee County Solid Waste requests residents of Boca Grande to put their Hurricane Ian debris curbside by Tuesday, Jan. 3. Contractor continue collections of storm debris and residents are reminded to place green vegetation out for their regular yard-waste collection, which occurs weekly. Lee County this week marked another milestone for debris collection, with five […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE Notes of gratitude continue to pour into the Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund, which was set up in the wake of Hurricane Ian to help businesses and other island essentials get back on their feet. “I wanted to take a moment and thank all parties, collectively, for their efforts to re-open the […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
While much of Gasparilla Mobile Estates was dark last Saturday night, in the very back there was a little corner of festivity, complete with Christmas lights. Inside the Clontz home there were nine people gathered to eat, to drink, to share company among friends. Not long ago that was what the little mobile home park […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in News.
People have started noticing a change in the air. It is not only the cold fronts that have started bringing lower temperatures and lower humidity, but the air is full of birds. Recovery from Hurricane Ian is starting to happen among wildlife, as it is doing to many of the human species. Dr. Robin Bast, […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages.
A BOCA BEACON TIMELINE FIVE YEARS AGO Dr. Raymond James joined the Boca Grande Health Clinic staff. TEN YEARS AGO The Mote Marine Laboratory branch on the island was about to open and Cannon and Kyle Jones spoke to the Beacon about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. It occurred at the elementary school they […]