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While there is no official news on the Boca Grande Post Office, two marked postal vehicles were there on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with staff working on the interior. Older items, including shelving and an old postal bin, had been put outside. Reached Wednesday, Aug. 27, Carol Hunt, a strategic communications specialist with the USPS in […]
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BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Since May 1st, a hearty group of BGSTA volunteers have been out in the early morning patrolling Gasparilla Island beaches to document and monitor sea turtle nesting activity. You’ve seen the weekly statistics published in the Boca Beacon, so you know how much work is being done here. But we […]
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What are you reading this summer? Ellen Cornwell of The Tide and her husband Andy have recommended some of favorite books for summer reading, including fiction, non-fiction and youth and children. Nonfiction • Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing, Basic Books • The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the […]
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BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER “In order to understand the difference between the Boca Grande of 1949 and today, you have to realize that in 1949, Gasparilla Island, of necessity, was a self-contained island. It had the stores, services, and schools that it needed for the people who lived, worked and visited […]
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Just leaf it there for now, please! Above, a crew was out Wednesday at the entrance to South Boca Bay to install a tree. At right, another tree installation on 4th Street, also on Wednesday. Photos by Dusty & Garland
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Editor’s Note: This is one of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our island communities. BY THE BARRIER ISLANDPARKS SOCIETY May through October is sea turtle nesting season in Southwest Florida. During these months, adult females return – often to the same beach […]
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In advance of the Labor Day weekend, and in the wake of a social media backlash over Boca Grande parking, traffic so far this month is about even with last year at this time. “With five days left in the month, August traffic is just about even (down 169 vehicles) compared to last August,” said […]
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After an August 5 ordinance that will change parking rules on Gasparilla Island, the Beacon continues to get complaints that there are at least three new, unpermitted ‘curb lawns’ in Boca Grande. In response, the Beacon asked Lee County staff if there were any plans to address the non-permitted landscaping on the island on county […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Community, Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: I want to share my perspective on the parking situation to maybe add a little more insight. As many of you know, I worked on island for several years as an eco tour guide and over the last few years noticed a huge change in the type of visitors as well as […]
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Editor’s Note: Lighthouse United Methodist Church has a weekly newsletter entitled ‘Midweek News’ for their congregation. They sent this one out to members, to update them on parking and access to the church. We are publishing it here to update readers on how the church is dealing with the ordinance, as well as questions about […]