Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum will hold the Howl at the Moon tarpon fishing tournament from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. The live-bait event has an $800 entry fee. A non-refundable $100 will be donated to the museum, and 25 percent of proceeds will benefit the museum. Rules, and shirts, will […]
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An internet-based petition criticizing Charlotte County for its slow pace in reopening Englewood Beach mentions the quick speed of beach reopening in Boca Grande. The petition, at the site moveon.org, is asking the Charlotte County administration to quickly reopen Englewood Beach. “As of today, it has been over seven months since the park was initially […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History, News, Real Estate.
BY TALIA ECKSTEIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, in the St. Andrew’s Chapter House to review two proposals. The two special certificates of appropriateness cases to be reviewed are: • Proposed new wall and gate at 710 Palm Ave., planned for the west boundary line […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Police & Fire.
On Saturday, May 24, during the Boca H2O Festival, a teenage boy was struck by a boat propeller, breaking his leg. The festival is held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida. Attendees have estimated on social media that there were around 1,800 boats at the event this year. Around midday, […]
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Residents have been heading out to the GICIA Bike Path, and other locations across island, to visit night-blooming cereuses. Resident Ellen Cornwell was out Monday evening and photographed the plant; she knows the time of year that they bloom and caught them in the evening. Rick Joyce, who supervises many of the plants on the […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Moonshine takes second place Boca Blue took first place at the 11th Annual Red Gill Tarpon Tournament last Sunday, May 25. Red Gill is hosted by William Woodroffe and benefits the Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum. “It was a beautiful day in Boca Grande Pass on Memorial Day weekend,” Woodroffe said. “It was extra special that […]
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Lee County is currently working on an ordinance revising parking regulations in Boca Grande. While there is a draft version circulating on island, the county was not ready to share a new version at this time. “The Board gave staff direction to present amendments to the parking ordinance during the month of August,” said Betsy […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
To the Editor: Thank you for allowing a comment here regarding the downtown two-hour suggested parking time. Regrettably I was unable to comment at the May 13 meeting. But I was hoping to ask the commissioners about the year-round full-time residents who actually live on Park Avenue. There are a lot of us. How will […]
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Restrictions on beach parking will affect livelihoods BY BART DESTEFANO,SOUTH BEACH BAR & GRILL I am writing in response to the proposed restricted parking measures in Boca Grande. While I understand the desire for order and safety, these proposals raise deeper concerns that deserve honest discussion. Let’s be clear: the beaches are public. They do […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History.
FIVE YEARS AGO Mote Marine Laboratory installed “living docks” in the canals to study the efficiency of filter-feeding organisms. TEN YEARS AGO The United Methodist Church got a new pastor, Rev. Matthew Williams, who came from Valley, Alabama. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO GICIA announced a master landscape plan for bike path. The new planting program would […]