Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
With the summer months comes the start of Florida’s peak mosquito season. Two jurisdictions cover mosquito control for Gasparilla Island. “We started this mosquito season with a bang,” said Jenifer McBride of Lee County Mosquito Control District. “We had a really dry winter so basically you guys are inundated with those salt marsh mosquitos.” Throughout […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News, Police & Fire.
The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to match the Boca Grande Disaster Fund’s contributions to replace the Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy house at its Tuesday, June 17 meeting. “It was brought to my attention that the Boca Grande Disaster Fund and the church groups were raising money to replace the existing sheriff’s […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Police & Fire.
Victim appears at press conference The nine-year-old survivor of last week’s shark attack near 22nd Street sat for a press conference from Tampa General Hospital alongside family and doctors on Thursday morning, June 19. Leah Lendel, who just last week sustained a shark bite that nearly severed her whole wrist, was in a wheelchair with […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Community, News.
An expired credit card left a Boca Grande resident unable to renew his Post Office boxes through the online system, and worried that he would lose his longstanding box number. In an email statement to the Boca Beacon regarding the question, the USPS has stated that current customers do not have to take any action […]
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BY THE GICIA The GICIA has undertaken a $1.3 million landscape restoration project for the Bike Path to restore the massive destruction to the native landscape caused by saltwater inundation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. As a conservation organization, the GICIA plants native, drought- and salt-tolerant plants that will survive along the five miles of […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News.
During the Tuesday, June 17 Board of Lee County Commissioners meeting, Chairman Kevin Ruane replaced the previously proposed parking ordinance with a new draft expected to be voted on at an August 5 meeting. “Just for clarity purposes, having worked on this for most of the time since I’ve been here, I just want for […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History.
FIVE YEARS AGO One hundred locals participated in Paddle for Peace water excursion to the Boca Grande sandbar. The event was designed to steer people away from their phones and political frustration to experience a day on the water. TEN YEARS AGO GICIA completed ecological restoration of three single family lots owned by the GICIA […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
Surprise is the supremely effective tactic of war, in history and legend: Troy and the Trojan War, Trenton at Christmas, Tet and Normandy. Throughout history, the element of surprise makes the difference in momentum. Surprise is so important a tactic that often the argument after a war, or a battle mistake, is how much people […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Education, Profiles.
A foundation for Michigan college education Being labeled a visionary is pretty high praise. That’s the word the Detroit News has chosen to describe Ellen Thompson, long-time winter resident of Boca Grande, as well as summer resident of the Mitten State. Her recognition as a visionary came with the naming of Ellen as one of […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE We are getting into the latter part of tarpon season here in Boca Grande, but the tarpon fishing is still hot! Whether you are pass fishing or fishing the beaches there are lots of tarpon around and willing to eat. Summer time weather patters have started to set in with the […]