Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages, Community History.
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO There was water, water everywhere, with approximately 13 inches of rain falling on the island. However, everyone here was looking to Texas, where flooding was a very dangerous situation because of Hurricane Harvey. Locals gathered to round up donations, which were taken to Texas by local volunteer organizations. TEN […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
In February 2022, the PSC held a two day public hearing in Venice for EU and potential customers to present their case and preferences. This hearing was held at a cost of $200,000 and was streamed live, video available now. Did the Boca Beacon attend? If so, you saw the owner of Environmental Utilities testify along with his attorneys and witnesses and present their whole case. Then you saw the opposition with their attorney and expert witnesses. You saw the Office of Public Counsel Attorney, who represents the public in utility cases and you surely saw that the room full of potential customers who spoke were overwhelmingly opposed to EU’s application for the wastewater certificate. Finally you must have observed the very close attention the Commissioners were giving to each witness and speaker. In addition most of the approximately 1000 letters of correspondence received by the Commission expressed the same opposition.
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast has been protecting nature in Southwest Florida since 2003. After first being accredited in 2010, then reaccredited in 2016, they are delighted to announce the renewal of their land trust accreditation for another five years – once again proving their commitment to professional excellence and to […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
So how does the state progress with its clean water plans if coastal homes with private septic and wastewater systems are being denied a better way? That’s a question that many are speculating about right now, and with a reconsideration hearing coming up in early September, people who have the same questions need to speak up.
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Gopher tortoises can live 40 to 80 years in the wild. They love to forage on tender low-growing green plants and leaves in the early morning or late afternoon but can also be found eating flowers on prickly pear cactus and hibiscus, saw palmetto berries and gopher apples. They have one clutch of eggs per year, which contains anywhere from three to 14 eggs, and it takes about 100 days for the eggs to incubate. The sex of the eggs is temperature-dependent, meaning that if the temperature is above 85 F, the hatchling will be a female, and if lower, it will be a male.
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BTT to develop ‘Vulnerability Index’ for tarpon habitats using local stats
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.
on came to GIWA at the beginning of this year, abandoning his plan of retiring after working nearly four decades in the utilities industry. Southeast Florida had been his home most of his life, coming to Hollywood with his parents when he was only seven years old. After high school graduation he joined the Air Force, serving in active duty for a year, and then six years in the Air Force Reserves.
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Columns, Community History.
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO A 2002 Glacier Bay named La Pirate was missing, and everyone was on the lookout. The new boardwalk officially opened at Gasparilla Island State Park. TEN YEARS AGO Boaters, boarders, swimmers and paddle boarders were keeping a close eye on several pieces of metal rebar sticking out of the […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is closing the recreational harvest of red grouper in state waters of the Gulf of Mexico, excluding waters of Monroe County, on August 30 for the remainder of the 2022 fishing season. Harvest will reopen on Jan. 1, 2023. This closure is consistent […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Editorial, News.
It has been more than seven months since the morning of January 16, when an F1 tornado swept the bottom of Cape Haze Peninsula, damaging more than two dozen mobile homes in Gasparilla Island Estates. You would think in that amount of time, certainly the damage was cleaned up and repaired. But time has been […]