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STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year. Applicants for the program must meet the following criteria: 1) be applying for admission to a school of higher education (including some technical programs); 2) demonstrate a B or better high school grade point average; and 3) […]
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STAFF REPORT – The Barrier Island Parks Society is honored to host “Our Beaches are Alive!” as part of the BIPS 4 BIPS Speaking Series. This special program will be presented by renowned authors Blair and Dawn Witherington, as they share illustrated stories from their newly updated book, “Florida’s Living Beaches,” Second Edition at the […]
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To the Editor: The recent articles in the Boca Beacon about the Promenade and this week, the comparison of it to the iconic Sconset Bluff walk in Nantucket got my attention. I have only been a homeowner for 20 years on Boca Grande and have never walked the Promenade, and until recently I did not […]
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George “Skip” Perry was one in a million, the kindred spirit of kind souls, and he can never be replaced in the lives of his friends, his family, and this island. He passed away in a Sarasota hospital on the evening of January 20, 2020, just after 9 p.m. with his family by his side. […]
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This week’s profile may seem a bit confusing on first perusal, but there is a method to our madness. We want to introduce you to the chefs behind “The Taste of Boca Grande,” a few at a time, in the weeks leading up to the event on February 3 at the Boca Bay Pass Club. […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In an odd turn of events, the residents at the end of 3rd Street, also known as “the people with the orange rocks,” have targeted local historian and generational Boca Grande resident Robert Johnson in a lawsuit regarding his letter to the editor in the Boca Beacon that ran just recently, […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A wise man once said that the reason many women don’t immediately tell their significant other what it is they want to eat, is because they want to eat more than one thing from more than one place. The 2020 Taste of Boca Grande is the perfect solution for that dilemma … […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN A panel of several scientists spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Boca Grande Community Center on Friday. Jan. 15 about harmful algae blooms (HABs), courtesy of the Barrier Island Parks Society and Mote Marine. Mote Marine CEO Michael Crosby greeted the guests and thanked them for their continued interest in learning more […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Island author David Sparks will be releasing the sequel to “Burying Pinkie Pie” within the next weeks. “What Carlos Knew” will be available on Amazon.com. “Burying Pinkie Pie” is a story about a teenager who is dealing with the antics of life in a setting similar to Boca Grande. The protagonist is […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Gretchen Lovewell, manager of Mote Marine’s stranding investigations program, gave a presentation on “Red Tide’s Toll on Marine Animals” to a packed room at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday, Jan 14. Andria Piekarz, director of development at Mote, introduced Lovewell to the crowd. “Gretchen has been active in the stranding […]