EMS crews respond at Causeway
A reader captured a group of EMS and first responders called to a cardiac situation Tuesday at Boca Grande North. Paramedics performed lifesaving measures and he was transported to hospital. Photo by Denny Berels
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Quick emergency response saves hand
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 […]
Rethink on coontie plan for the Bike Path
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
In 2014, Nancy Sodel’s prized doberman, Cole, was killed after eating the berries and leaves of a coontie palm, which had just been installed in the landscaping of her and her late husband Herb’s house on Railroad Avenue. This week, she found out that those same plants were part of the landscaping plan for the […]
Plan to restrict beach parking moves ahead
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 […]
Girl recovering after shark bite near 22nd Street
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Police & Fire.
Surgeons were able to reattach hand A little after noon on Wednesday, June 11, a nine-year-old girl was injured by an apparent shark bite on the 2200 block of Shore Lane, according to Lee EMS alerts. The 911 alert, which went out at 12:11 p.m., read: “SHARK IN THE WATER/KID ARM INJ; SERIOUS bleeding; ARM […]
A Boca Grande love story, dancing to the jukebox, married on Banyan Street
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History, Opinion.
BY KATHY Y. FUTCH It was 10 p.m., on a February evening in 1975 at the intersection of Hwy. 41 and SR 776, which was very dark and desolate back then and only used by those who lived off it. A young man, named Mark, had gotten off a bus from Tampa where he had […]
Of ‘ocean’ hot dogs, fake scallops and other fishy factory tales
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, Opinion.
Southwest Florida seafood tasting memories BY JIM COCHRUN In the early days of Southwest Florida, all small coastal towns had key spots where townspeople gathered and chatted about the news of the day. In our town it was the post office, our only grocery store, church and, of course, our local fish market. This is […]
Lu the hippo, and an appreciation for Florida State Parks
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
It is the end of an era in Florida. Lu, the hippopotamus at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, died June 8, 2025. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Alexandra Kuchta had the good sense to send out a tribute email over the weekend. They said that the state’s “beloved” citizen hippo “passed away […]
Alice Kubista, 1936-2025
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Alice Elizabeth (Maris) Kubista who reunited with our Lord on May 29th, 2025. She passed away peacefully in the presence of her family and is now resting with Christ. Alice was born June 11th, 1936, in Philadelphia PA and was the daughter […]
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Mr. Market triplets
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Entertainment, Profiles.
Dad and kids put together a board game A new finance board game for families, “Mr. Market,” is the creation of a family of longtime Boca Grande regulars. The Jack White family connected to Boca Grande through Jack’s father’s friends from Stetson Law School and started visiting the area more than four decades ago. “One […]