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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mary Mazyck spent almost four years in Ecuador serving with the Peace Corps before returning to her hometown of Tallahassee, where she spent a year riding horses for a living. “I wanted to experience a new adventure while doing something good in the world,” Mary said. While in Ecuador, she mostly taught […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some changes have been made downtown in light of the recent complaints made to Lee County Code Enforcement by an anonymous person or persons, including the removal of tables, chairs and plants at The Inn Bakery and the removal of outdoor products at The Barnichol. Some changes have also been made […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE After a few emails and phone calls from this office to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a new message has been sent out to the public. Whether it will be broadcast worldwide like the first story was, we will soon find out. On Thursday, July 25 the FWC sent […]
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■ BY SANDY JACOBS Rosemary Fannie Bowler, 89, until recently a resident of Boca Grande, passed away on July 26, 2019 after a brief illness. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Bowler Craveiro, brother-in-law Donald Craveiro, several nieces and nephews and many, many friends whom she considered family. She was predeceased by her sister […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN A Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol member found a wandering newly hatched loggerhead turtle getting ready to cross the road near the Range Light last Friday morning, so she scooped it up, placed it in a bucket and transported it to the shoreline. There wasn’t a hatch in the immediate […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and EMS workers responded to two calls this week, among others – a potential water rescue and a person who had fainted from heat exhaustion. On Tuesday, July 30 firefighters responded to a call of a water rescue/boat taking on water near Upper Captiva, in Captiva Pass. The […]
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To the Editor: I opened my Boca Beacon a bit late this week and almost wished I hadn’t opened it at all. ALMOST – because I enjoy reading it each week so very much but the article “Eight Recent Complaints ….” was both appalling and sad. Appalling because – well, need I state the obvious? […]
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To the Editor: After reading about complaints filed against our downtown merchants, I have a couple of theories about the Grinch that wants to steal the magic from the village. Somebody’s Blue nose is out of joint because, as we all read about, Beachfronters are blocking public access along the beach again. Apparently that “somebody” […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The weather was a little stormy for the 4th annual Ladies Draw: Mix ’n’ Match on Saturday, July 20, but morale was high among the 10 teams of four women each that fished the Pass that day. It brought about another win for Capt. Lamar Joiner Jr., and the 2019 tarpon season […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members continue to document new nests and hatchlings, but one particular turtle has their attention. The turtle has been spotted in three different patrol zones, and it clearly has an injured flipper because of the uneven tracks it leaves in the sand. But that doesn’t […]