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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Without parking regulation, we’re just another Coney Island

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.

To the Editor:
As a member of the Boca Grande Parking Committee, created by the GICIA in 2015, I am thrilled that a comprehensive parking plan is up for a vote by the Lee County commissioners on Tuesday, November 7th. Commissioner Kevin Ruane will present his structured parking proposal. It is very comprehensive, ensuring that, for example, a change in parking regulations that benefits one neighborhood doesn’t harm another. The commissioner’s plan is similar to the one he implemented very successfully in Sanibel.
Commissioner Ruane presented this plan to the Parking Committee in April 2022. The committee voted unanimously to adapt it for Boca Grande.

Concerned Citizen Donates Another $50K to Emergency Project

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

This week Fire Chief C.W. Blosser notified the Beacon that an additional $50,000 donation from a concerned citizen was received for the Island Auxiliary Emergency Radio Communications & Interoperability project.    That welcome, generous donation brings the total raised for the project to $296,500 as the Island Emergency Communications and Interoperability Working Group continues intensive […]

As we say good bye to one, we welcome another

Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Community, News.

It’s official. Fr. Anthony Hewitt has been installed as pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic parish. While Father Anthony took over his duties in Boca Grande in July, there were some formalities that needed to be taken care of before the assignment was official. These took place Sunday, Oct. 1, at the church.

Bishop Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Diocese of Venice, under whose auspices Our Lady of Mercy parish operates, came to Boca Grande to finalize those details. The bishop and Fr. Anthony celebrated the 10:30 a.m. Mass together, along with about 50 members of the parish and Fr. Anthony’s family.

Noticing non-natives? Report them if you do

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News.

There’s been a surge of non-natives on the Cape Haze Peninsula … and we don’t just mean iguanas. Lately, numerous constrictor snakes have been found in Rotonda and South Gulf Cove, which clearly shows that these apex predator snakes we normally only think of being in The Everglades have made their way to Southwest Florida.