Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Crews recently carefully pruned the banyans on Banyan Street, led by Coastline Tree and Lee County’s consultant, Rick Joyce. The pruning was to remove dead branches, and ensure that no parts of trees were in the roadway. The banyans are already recovering from fall hurricanes and salt water. Photos by Garland
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Community History, News.
Charlotte County is now looking to return the old Placida Bunkhouse back to Placida for restoration, in a site possibly north of the Causeway stoplight. Resident John Valickas has been working with county commissioners and staff on what to do with the building, which was moved near the South Gulf Cove Publix when a new […]
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Dredge to Palm Island for eroding shoreline Earlier this month, Charlotte County approved an award for a dredge and beach disposal for about 5,000 feet of eroding shoreline at the southern end of Manasota Key and Palm Island. The dredge will use sediment from the navigation channel. The project is bid #25-043, 2024 Erosion Control […]
Written by Alici Ouellette on . Posted in Community History, News.
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday, March 12 at 10 a.m., at the Community Center Auditorium, 131 1st Street W. Five projects are set to be discussed during the meeting, one of which is a renovation proposal at 331 Tarpon Ave. to elevate the house, adding gabled portion on […]
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BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The Roaring Twenties and The Jazz Age are just a few of the labels that historians have applied to this unique period of U.S. history. Although there was a depression in 1920-1921, the U.S. economy experienced significant growth during the twenties. The average income in the U.S. […]
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Kathleen and J.T. Turner, as well as Betsy F. Joiner are excited to announce the full re-opening of the historic Boca Grande Old Theatre Mall. We are so thankful to have weathered the storms and are back stronger than ever. A special thank you to our local caregivers including the Boca Grande Fire Department, Lee […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
Will not give up on Gasparilla, a magnificent place To the Editor: From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for taking a stand against those who would discourage visitors by limiting parking, especially without giving fair notice on the issue. We all agree that Gasparilla Island is a magnificent place, and […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
There is a remarkable ship that will pass by us on this renamed Gulf in coming days. It is a last voyage for the greatest, fastest and most beautiful vessel that America, and the world, ever saw. It is the final route of the S.S. United States, which is heading to be sunk off of […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Opinion.
Parking issues, with cupcakes, in this ‘magical place’ BY JAY WHIPPLE I was outraged at the volume of cars and illegal parking last Sunday. On my tour of the situation on Sunday, I witnessed people parking illegally near the Range Light on both sides of Gulf Boulevard, and on a triangle of grass at the […]
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The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved one project at their regular meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The project was a request to elevate a guest house at 300 Third Street. The board had not met since before the hurricanes. At the meeting, Planner Peter Blackwell from Lee County listed a number of projects that […]