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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.

BOCASCOPES

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Columns, Entertainment.

Aries: It is entirely possible that your paranoid nature will pay off this week. Your cell phone, your computer and your car have all broken in one form or fashion, not to mention you’re camping indoors, listening to the sounds of flapping tarp and banging metal all night. If you feel like this is all […]

Boca Grande beaches: Who knows what you might find?

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

You don’t expect to see an alligator on the beach, but sometimes it happens. It has happened here, in fact, many times. There’s lot of swamp and water in the undeveloped areas of the island where an alligator can live and an occasional trip to the beach is always in order. We’re also close enough […]

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community History.

FIVE YEARS AGOWe said a quiet goodbye to the folks at The Fishery who had been there for so many years, like the Albrittons and Hatch Gallery. TEN YEARS AGOLee County Commissioners chucked a rock at a hornet’s nest, as they proposed a Gilchrist parking plan that set the island abuzz. FIFTEEN YEARS AGOIt wasn’t […]

Bell repair needed? Just call the BGFD

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, Police & Fire.

Our firefighters have been known as “jacks of all trades” for many years, as they’ve helped perform tasks that range from helping with the fireworks to retrieving cats from trees (yes, it really happened), giving sick and injured sea turtles stretcher rides off the beach, unlocking cars and now … helping the bells to ring […]

OBITUARY: Samuel Holt

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Obituaries.

Samuel Clark Oliver Holt, a former radio and television executive who made significant contributions to public broadcasting, died on October 11, 2023, in Washington, DC, at the age of 87. Sam Holt was born January 18, 1936, in Birmingham, AL. He graduated from Episcopal High School in 1953 and Princeton University in 1958, after taking […]

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 […]

Profile: Polina Voinevych, Actress and Entrepreneuse

Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.

Acting is Polina Voinevych’s passion, but it is not her only passion. She has a special love for people, for her family, for doing good in the world, and for the freedom that living in the United States brings to her heart and soul. Polina and her husband Andreas Kirchberger have made their home in […]