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Got your bunting picked out? Your pinwheels primed? Your streamers slung high and low? We hope you do, because on Monday, July 4 at 9 a.m. the new traditional Freedom Gulf Cart Parade will begin. Line-up begins at 8:30 a.m. but you might want to be there even a bit earlier to ensure a good […]
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“Boca Grande is very near and dear to my heart,” stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno. Lee County is growing at the fastest rate in the country. Boca Grande is a beautiful place to visit. Visitors walk along Boca Grande and see mom and pop stores. It’s got a small town feel and we want to preserve it.”
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Police & Fire.
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to several calls throughout the latter part of the month, including the following: On June 17 a missing boater was reported in our area, but the department was canceled enroute. On June 18 at 5:11 p.m. the department got a call of a boat fire around Whidden’s Marina. It […]
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How will we sustainably feed future generations of humans? Some researchers believe that hydroponics, a method of growing food with water, nutrients and light but no soil, could be part of the solution. William F. Gericke, a biologist at theUniversity of California Berkeley, is credited with bringing hydroponics into mainstream consciousness back in the 1930s. The term “hydroponic” comes from the Greek words “hudor” for water and “ponos” for work, so in translation, it essentially means “water-working.” But does it work? Is it safe? Is it really sustainable? And does it produce food that is as nutritious as soil-grown food?
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The Fortneys do other things for fun that many people might not expect. They have a modern camper and take trips to interesting places where they camp and enjoy meeting new people and trying new things. They found an internet site called Harvest Hosts, where members, who must be “self-contained RVers,” have unique overnight stays, such as camping on a golf course, in a pasture, at an alpaca ranch or a horse farm, all of which the Fortneys have done. The camping is free, but each host has something of interest to market, so campers usually buy produce or a sweater or whatever else the host has to offer.
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Halfway through the Florida legislative session in February, Florida Senate leaders fast-tracked Senate Bill 2508 which included major water-related policy changes that would write into law preferential treatment of the industrial sugar industry. It was filed as a budget conforming bill which allowed it to circumvent the standard legislative process and minimized opportunity for public input.
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
Monday was our last day at 333 Park Avenue. We’ve still not found a suitable spot for the gallery, so, we have decided to organize a “Mobile Gallery,” which will continue to bring beautiful art to your Boca Grande or surrounding homes, and which will allow us to take our wonderful artists works to other destinations, hopefully with your help!
Written by Dean Laux on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages, Columns.
Memorial day is, by definition, a time for remembering. But only a few people on earth today were alive in 1942 as eyewitnesses to one of the bleakest years in our country’s history. Through no fault or achievement of my own, I am one of them. I salute the rare few still-living fellow Americans who served our country at that time.
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John William “Bill” Pigott, Jr., 93, of Boca Grande, FL, formerly of Chester, N.J., passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Morristown Medical Center, in New Jersey. Bill was born on November 1, 1928 in New York, N.Y. to the late John William Pigott, Sr. and Mable (Hornbacher) Pigott. He raised his family in […]