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The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an amended grant agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to provide more than $1.2 million additional funds for the Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole Recovery Project. The amendment will increase the total grant to more than $21.8 million, with no local match requirement. […]
Written by Arlene Hall on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Since May 1st, a hearty group of BGSTA volunteers have been out in the early morning patrolling Gasparilla Island beaches to document and monitor sea turtle nesting activity. You’ve seen the weekly statistics published in the Boca Beacon, so you know how much work is being done here. But we […]
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What are you reading this summer? Ellen Cornwell of The Tide and her husband Andy have recommended some of favorite books for summer reading, including fiction, non-fiction and youth and children. Nonfiction • Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing, Basic Books • The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the […]
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Julie Horning has released a new children’s book titled “B is for Boca Grande: Alphabet Adventure of the Charming Village of Boca Grande, Florida.” The protagonist is Chico, a monkey that hung out at the old theater and Whidden’s. “Chico was a girl,” said Horning, who found out about the monkey as he spent some […]
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Charlotte County Animal Control, in coordination with the Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County, has issued a 30-day rabies alert following confirmation that a raccoon in the Washington Loop Rd/Trails End Drive area of Punta Gorda tested positive for rabies. This alert is a reminder that rabies is present in the wild and poses […]
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BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER “In order to understand the difference between the Boca Grande of 1949 and today, you have to realize that in 1949, Gasparilla Island, of necessity, was a self-contained island. It had the stores, services, and schools that it needed for the people who lived, worked and visited […]
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RSW, the Southwest Florida International Airport, has a number of new flights beginning this fall. Allegiant Air will launch three new nonstop routes with its new service to Fort Myers: • Allentown, Pennsylvania (ABE), beginning Nov. 13 • Appleton, Wisconsin (ATW), beginning Nov. 21 • Des Moines, Iowa (DSM), beginning Nov. 21 Allegiant has also […]
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The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce second annual Big Mouth Chili Challenge is set for Saturday, Nov. 15, right after the Grande Firehouse 5K. “We figured everyone was going to be out here for the run so it would be the perfect time,” said Chamber Executive Director Gary Cross. The location for the cookoff […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News, Police & Fire.
On Sunday morning, Aug. 24, a possible jewelry theft was reported from the Boca Grande Resort on the north end of Gasparilla Island, according to a Charlotte County police report. The caller told Charlotte County law enforcement officers that the jewelry she had brought with her, including a silver hairpin, gold earrings, a shell necklace […]
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In advance of the Labor Day weekend, and in the wake of a social media backlash over Boca Grande parking, traffic so far this month is about even with last year at this time. “With five days left in the month, August traffic is just about even (down 169 vehicles) compared to last August,” said […]