Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in News.
Stories in the Boca Beacon related to beach nourishment and renourishment, sand erosion and dunes on Gasparilla Island and in Lee and Charlotte counties. Some recent headlines, in reverse chronological order: Related Recent Stories Boca Grande/Gasparilla Island Documents General Documents
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Community, Featured News, Letters to the Editor, News.
Below is the text of a letter sent this week by Larry Hannah of Lighthouse United Methodist Church to the Board of County Commissioners: My name is Larry Hannah and a member of the Boca Grande United Methodist Church. Today, I left a voicemail for Chairman Pendergrass requesting a meeting of all interested citizens, businesses, churches, […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community, Editorial.
Currently, the Boca Beacon is digesting hundreds of pages of correspondence between Lee County and Boca Grande as part of a public records request. On June 4, we filed and paid for a record of any recent email or text correspondence that contain the keywords “Boca Grande” or “Gasparilla Island” between all county commissioners, county […]
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Editor’s Note: Due to a family emergency, this has been postponed. Sue Sligar of Gilchrist Interiors has invited Vice Chairman Kevin Ruane, who represents the island as District 1 Commissioner on the Lee County Board of County Commissioners, to come to the Community Center on Monday, July 8 to meet with “owners of shops and […]
Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of tarpon are still being caught in Boca Grande Pass, Little Gasparilla Pass, and out on the beaches. If you are looking to back bay fish, target the snook with live bait on the higher tides. Some redfish are being caught as well but the snook have been a more […]
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BY ARLENE HALLBGSTA SECRETARY The most exciting part of turtle nesting season began last week, when hatchlings from the first couple of loggerhead nests started emerging from the sand. With the first nests laid in early May, Boca Grande turtle patrollers have started observing and documenting hatches of these nests. As these nests begin to […]
Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Columns, Community History, Featured News, Sports & Outdoors.
Somewhere in the intense mid- ‘80s, I took videographer Gary Sullivan tarpon fishing. It was 1985 when I met Gary, aka Sully, when he came along on a trip. He was in the production business and, awed by our exciting, amazing tarpon fishing, said we should make a TV show. This opened a new chapter […]
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BY KRISTEN VARELA-SCHILD At my father’s memorial, I was a little jealous. Jealous of the stories my brother told of connecting with my father nearly every weekend at their hunting lodge; sitting together side by side in freezing cold companionable silence waiting for the geese to come. Or at the hunting lodge in the summer, […]
Written by Drew Stanley on . Posted in Community, Entertainment, Featured News, News.
The July/August edition of Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages. Featured stories include a discussion of our regional water quality by Captain Van Hubbard, highlights from various modern art instillations in Sarasota, a history on housing and architecture in Punta Gorda (excerpt below), a look at nesting […]
Written by Drew Stanley on . Posted in Breaking News, News.
This year’s tarpon season ended on a rainy note, with many female tarpon heading out of the Boca Grande Pass early to spawn; however, there was plenty of fishing in May and June to occupy tournament boats. This year’s tarpon tournament season kicked off with the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament on May 11. In first […]