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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Boca Grande Community Center will be set up and ready for all two and four-legged contestants of the 2017 Boca Grande Dog Show, which will be held this Saturday, April 1 beginning at 10 a.m. The field is full, according to a spokesperson for the event, so the lawn at […]
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You may have noticed construction signs on Gasparilla Road just off island, and some landscaping taking place on Placida Road north of the Boca Grande Causeway. That’s because bike path proposal that was originally created in 2014 will soon be implemented, connecting Placida road from Rotonda Boulevard West to the Boca Grande Causeway. Construction work […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN On February 14, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) contacted the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association to report a very large, deceased sea turtle on the beach near 21st Street. Zone 1 turtle patrollers Louisa and Eliot Vestner were the first responders. However, by the time they arrived on […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY DOODLE JOHNSON. Hi, Doodle here. Francie and Oakley rescued me from the shelter. Wow, that was their lucky day (and mine, too)! Last week I visited The Island School with three other rescues to show the kids what great dogs are available for adoption at the shelters. Francis keeps saying […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – So many great memories have been made at the Boca Grande Child Care Center, it would be hard for graduates to pinpoint just one. From walking around town “holding the rope” to visits from the Boca Grande Fire Department, the kids who attend the Center leave with much love for their […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Camera Club’s Photography As Art show will take place March 9-11 at the Boca Grande Art Center. Members of the BGCC will be displaying photographs of wide- ranging subjects, from the restoration of the Boca Grande Range Light all the way to wild animals in South Africa […]
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Want to read more about the 2017 Taste of Boca Grande, to be held on Monday, Feb. 6? Pick up a Boca Beacon today or subscribe online!
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There’s a story behind every work of art and one of the art pieces by well-known Haitian painter Fritz Rock, up for auction at this year’s Boca Grande event, tells the tale of generosity and hope. Rock was a visual artist who was born in Port-au-Prince in 1944. He started to paint under the influence […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Florida House Representative Ray Rodrigues spoke to Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association board members as well as a group of residents on Tuesday, January 17 in the Crowninshield Community House. Some of the topics he addressed included environmental protection laws, amendments on special assessments and the reservoir issue […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Society will feature guest speaker Theodore Cover at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. Cover is a retired mechanical engineer, a member of the Suncoast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and a member of RealRail, the Sarasota […]