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The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will conduct a quarterly board meeting on Thursday, Aug. 14 at 2 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Boca Grande Community Center. Agenda items include their quarterly financials, investment portfolio, cash flow projections, fiscal year 26 budget approval, engineering update and operations update. significant wildfires.
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BY KAREN GRACE,BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY In 1915, Peter Bradley of the American agricultural Chemical Company had 26 banyan trees planted on each side of what was then Second Street. The trees may have been part of a 1914 master plan produced for the company by landscape architect Carl Rust Parker. Banyan trees were proposed […]
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Around 2 p.m. last Thursday, July 31, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Boca Grande Club on a report of a missing wedding band. According to details listed on a Charlotte County sheriff’s report, on Monday, July 28 at about noon, a couple, both in their 30s, went to the fitness center. When […]
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Above, a close up of the proposed changes to the entrance, which will have a wide ramp from Park Avenue. The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Community Center to discuss two new projects up for approval. The main item will be the discussion of […]
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Don Pedro Island boat ferry access will begin again once the island is repaired, said the boat concessionaire for Don Pedro Island State Park. “We need to allow the state to repair the island,” said SUP Englewood owner and founder Nicole Killian. “I look forward to serving our community with a boat ferry to Don […]
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While the new parking ordinance for Boca Grande will be filed with the state of Florida this week, it could be months before it is enforced. That means that current rules for parking and beaches, including access on beach access streets, are still being observed. “The county will file with the Office of the Secretary […]
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Lee County will consider a new MSBU tax for Gasparilla Island if new parking restrictions impact beach renourishment funding. The recently passed parking ordinance will possibly involve the imposition of a new tax on Lee County property owners on Gasparilla Island to pay for beach renourishment. Currently, Gasparilla Island’s beach renourishment is fully covered by […]
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My heart is with Boca Grande, no matter which side BY NIKKI HEIMANN Editor’s Note: We share this message from the Boca Beacon Facebook. The Pink Pony is the first business people see in downtown, and among its most beloved. The good news is important amendments were made during the meeting, including untimed vehicle parking […]
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Boca Grande: Curve of the horizon, dignity of a heron BY MATTHEW HACKL I was born in May of 1999, but in some ways, I was born again each time I crossed the toll bridge returning to Boca Grande. This island didn’t just raise me – it shaped the rhythm of my life. My earliest […]
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FIVE YEARS AGO “You and Islands” was released by the Zac Brown Band. The song references the sunsets at Boca Grande and is an attempt to take listeners to another place in their minds. TEN YEARS AGO Island residents were boiling their water due to a compromised water main. Several businesses were affected and had […]