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■ STAFF REPORT Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC has announced that roadwork will ramp up this week, particularly with roadway excavation and road widening. Lane closures are expected every weekday next week. You will also notice some work being done to the sidewalks at the beach access crossings on Gilchrist Avenue. Up-to-the-minute traffic updates […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The U.S. Presidential election turnout was good in the Lee County portion of the island on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Precinct 18. Boca Grande residents followed the trend for the presidential race, as well as the senatorial race, with Trump and Rubio pulling ahead of their opponents. There were 340 votes […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN It was the first Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board meeting for Sharon Jenkins-Owen, the new Lee County planner assigned to take the place of Gloria Sajgo, when the board met on Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss three agenda items. “After 30 years, Gloria has retired from her former position. […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Wednesday, Nov. 16 at noon the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will hold their first quarterly meeting of the season, and a very important topic to many will be voted on: whether or not to change the weight restriction on the bridge system from 40,000 to 80,000 pounds. At their […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Say “Haiti,”and in the minds of most, images of poverty and aftermaths of natural disasters tend to come to mind. Even though this is the current reality for many in the southwest region of the country one month after Hurricane Matthew, life for others in other parts of the Caribbean […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY RPP You’re invited to a party this weekend at the Crowninshield Center, when Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” begins Royal Palm Players’ season of fun. This year’s theme is ‘The Battle of the Sexes,’ and this pithy comedy proves that both sexes are capable of intrigue, blackmail and corruption, as well as […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Stuie Middleton was born in Boca Grande. His earliest memories include spending late nights in the Boca Beacon office when his mother, Patti Middleton, well-known Boca Grande artist, helped the former staff put the paper together every week. Patti would bring a playpen to keep Stuie occupied. “When they were […]
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Boca Beacon writer Sue Erwin spent a day with island quail hunting guide Phil O’Bannon last week and headed out to Silver Lake Preserve in LaBelle, FL. Phil has been quail hunting since he was a young boy and has been the acting preserve manager at the 1876-acre site for the past three years. The […]
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There are only four more days until the upcoming general election, and conversation is heating up. It may be leaving you confused, but with a little research you can approach the voting booth with confidence. There are several items on the ballot that are confusing to people, and we thought we would address the highlights […]
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The go-to group for theater fun, Royal Palm Players (RPP), is excited to announce its upcoming season with big productions and thematic concerts based on the oldest competition under the sun, the battle of the sexes. Choose your allegiances wisely! The theatrics begin on November 10 – 13 with ‘An Ideal Husband,’ a clever comedy […]