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STAFF REPORT- This Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 10:30 a.m. you will get a chance to let our Island School fifth grade graduates how proud of them you are, as a community. Because the traditional graduation ceremony cannot be held, a graduation parade will be held all around town. After a brief presentation on the croquet […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – A sweet and beautiful face that not long ago was often seen on the streets of Boca Grande – and who happens to be the daughter of the Boca Beacon’s office manager, Karen Clark – needs some help while trying to recover from a horrific injury sustained in an accident. Tara […]
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BY BONNIE PRINGLE, GIWA – With the past 12-month total rainfall for our area considered severely abnormal, the Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) voted to declare a Phase I water shortage. Rainfall recorded by Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. on the Island in 2019 was approximately 12 inches below our […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Local resident Daniel O’Connell has enjoyed spending his retirement on the bustling beaches of Boca Grande. The former law representative now serves the Barrier Island Parks Society as their current president. Born in Newark, Daniel spent his childhood in the small community of Summit, New Jersey. He studied accounting and earned […]
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STAFF REPORT – It is officially time to howl! Capt. Sandy Melvin of Special Effects/Gasparilla Outfitters will host the “Howl at the Moon” Open Invitational Tarpon Tournament on Saturday, May 16 from 7 to 10 p.m. in Boca Grande Pass. The entry fee will be $600 per team. Smitty Smith will be the head judge, […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – As the school year comes to a close, parents of local graduating seniors look into the faces of their children, realizing just what they will be missing this year. While senior parties, prom and being kings and queens of the school may not seem important in the face of a deadly […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Never let it be said that William Woodroffe doesn’t know how to put a tarpon tournament together. When he heard that Ladies’ Day wasn’t going to be held this year, he couldn’t stand by and not give the ladies of the Pass their day of fishing … and so the Quarantine […]
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STAFF REPORT – Two questions on the recently completed Boca Grande Community Planning Association survey touched on land, or water use regulation: Zoning in the historic district, and the creation of a new Marine District. The clear message from all the answers and comments in the survey was that island residents want to preserve the […]
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To the Editor: The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the Woman’s Club for their generous support of our organization over the years. Since our inception, their generous donations have provided us with resources to protect and preserve sea turtles and their nesting habitat on Gasparilla Island, through monitoring […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON AND MARCY SHORTUSE – The Alzamora family has definitely left their mark on Gasparilla Island. While known of its members still live here, one piece that was just recently preserved and moved from one space to another brings back memories of mermaids, of angels, and of a man made of shell. But […]