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STAFF REPORT Keep the date of Wednesday, Nov. 2 open on your calendar, because the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will be celebrating the new Boca Grande Causeway Swing Bridge. On that day, from 4 to 6 p.m., everyone is invited to stop by the GIBA administration building and the area surrounding the bridge. It will […]
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■ Staff Report The Boca Grande Scramble Golf Tournament, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 10, still has team openings, but the October 5 deadline for registration is approaching rapidly. Last year the tournament was sold out, so the quicker you can register, the better. Hole sponsorships are still available, and a few team […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN You might find her dancing, choreographing a play, longboarding the island streets, catching a wave after a storm or taking care of business at the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce. Island locals are sure to recognize Wesley Locke’s vibrant and sparkling smile when they see her around town. One of the […]
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To the Editor: Now ushering in the classic resort’s 103rd Season, The Gasparilla Inn & Club invites its neighbors from Boca Grande and beyond to step through the white pillared entrance for the annual Community Open House. No reservation is necessary for the event scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. Walk […]
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The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to several water calls in the last few days, including a sinking boat call just off the north end of the island. On Saturday, Sept. 17 right around noon the fire boat responded to a call of people in the water after their boat sank, just off the north […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The island’s farmer’s market will return in January, 2017 to the Wheeler Road Ball Field, but new faces will be running the ship. Jean Baer and Betsy Ventura of Local Roots, a company with seven other Lee County farmer’s markets, will be leading the way into a healthy new year. The […]
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Now ushering in the classic resort’s 103rd Season, The Gasparilla Inn & Club invites its neighbors from Boca Grande and beyond to step through the white pillared entrance for the annual Community Open House. No reservation is necessary for the event scheduled for Wednesday, Oc. 5th from 5 to 7 p.m.
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BY SUE ERWIN – She’s exceptionally articulate, well educated and cool tempered. This week’s profile candidate, Englewood Bank Senior Teller Cannon Wenzel, found herself drawn to Boca Grande after vacationing here with her family. Cannon was born in Newtown, CT., a small rural town on the western side of the state about 75 miles north of […]
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About 15 kids participated in the youth fishing tournament on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Boca Grande Fishing Pier. The Boca Beacon teamed up with Lee County Parks and Recreation staff to host the last tournament of 2016. A total of five fish were caught. Lily Vacopoulos won the trophy for the biggest fish caught. […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers found a stranded turtle on Thursday, September 1 at Gasparilla Marina. The turtle was picked up by BGSTA members Sharon and Karl Knapp and was transported to Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota by Donna Larson … just as Tropical Storm Hermine was being upgraded to […]