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Island churches want to invite our entire community to join together in a time of prayer. We are asking that everyone stop wherever they are on Wednesday, April 9, at noon and pray for peace and unity within our Boca Grande community, within our nation and throughout our world. Lighthouse United Methodist and St. Andrew’s […]
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The Boca Grande Preschool, which closed after the fall hurricanes, is making progress toward a reopening in April. It is currently at a temporary location at 2560 Placida Road. In preparation, there will be an open house for parents on Friday, March 28. Additionally, plans are being made for the Beach Ball, set for April […]
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Thank you for a successful season BY PETER POWELL, PRESIDENT ROYAL PALM PLAYERS On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Royal Palm Players I would like to express our deepest appreciation to the staff, actors, directors, producers, technicians and ushers, as well as the many other volunteers who made every performance possible. I […]
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The Live Poets’ Society of Boca Grande, in collaboration with the Johann Fust Library Foundation, invites you to Poetry in the Garden 2025. This biennial poetry reading will be held in the library courtyard and loggia on Thursday, April 10, at 4 p.m. In keeping with Boca Grande’s long-held love of poetry, you are invited […]
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The Boca Grande Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at Wheeler Road Community Park, 305 Wheeler Road, Boca Grande. This free event is sponsored by Lee County Parks & Recreation and The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center. Activities include egg hunts for ages four and under, five to seven […]
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Above, the west side of the Boca Grande Community Center this Wednesday, just before concrete footings were to be poured in their recovery from fall hurricanes. Right, more of the interior; new support columns for the floors had to be added after old and rotten joists were removed. The renovation is a joint project of the […]
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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is making progress in restoring their chapel following the hurricanes that devastated Boca Grande last fall. Fr. Anthony Hewitt, Pastor of Our Lady of Mercy, is pleased with the progress they have made, given the large amount of damage that was sustained by the church. “We had five feet […]
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During the 2024 fall hurricanes, the island’s historic Amory Memorial Chapel was severely damaged. Repairs have not started, though the building was remediated by the state. At the March Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board Meeting, the Beacon asked after the status of the chapel. While it is not in the Boca Grande Historic District, and […]
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Two times in the last few months, beachcombers in Boca Grande have found evidence of recent beach or water burials, where families have put their relatives at rest at sea, and did not know what to do with the remnants. Just last weekend, resident John Parish found a wooden cremation box on the beach at […]
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Lee County has posted the agenda for the next Board of County Commissioners meeting, on which there is an item to “Direct to Public Hearing Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance Amendments.” The item is number 43 on the administrative agenda for the 9:30 a.m. meeting on Tuesday, April 1. It specifies that if voted through, commissioners […]