Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Uncategorized.
The Boca Beacon uses many contributed photos each week and welcomes them from the club. A few samples from the last year. We can use them as jpg or tiff; we turn them into a tiff for publication. Please put your name, date and description when you send. You can email us at editor@bocabeacon.com. Covers […]
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The Farmer’s Market will have a temporary location in town, on the Boca Grande Bayou near The Pink Elephant. The Bayou Avenue spot will open for the season next Friday,Jan. 3. “We are just thrilled,” said organizer Jean Baer, in a message to the Boca Beacon. “We will be expecting 30 vendors, returning from past […]
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By James Blaha, BGHC In 1925, a former real estate company promoted Boca Grande with the following advertisement: “Boca Grande is unique among Florida resorts. For many years it has gone on its way unexploited by commercialism, unmoved by real estate excitement, attending to its business of being beautiful and restful and the winter home […]
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Editor’s Note: This is a chronology of many of the news events during 2024 by the Boca Beacon. January: New sheriff in town The year kicked off with the Auxiliary Emergency Radio Communications System, or AUX-COMM system going live for the first time. The system was successfully tested by members of the Island EOC Emergency Communications […]
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BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR If you believe in the true spirit of Christmas then you know about all thingsred and green, silver and gold,happy days, warm nightsand the wonderful smells of the holiday season. But did you know about the reds and greens that come to the shores of Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande in […]
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These brave ladies showed up at the Coral Creek Golf Course in 42° weather for the first Ladies Day of the 2024-2025 season. Left to right: Allison Byrne, Robyn Flinn, Mary Rupersmith, Mo Curry, Marcia Rowley, Kathy Spiteri, Vicky Deboest, Sharon Habiger, Sharon Hawkins, Diane Johnson, and Kasia Mastrangeli. Photo submitted
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The Johann Fust Library Foundation team is working hard to restore the library so it can reopen soon. In the meantime, the foundation invites you back to its courtyard and loggia on Friday, Jan. 17, at 4 p.m., for the first event of the 2024-2025 season, featuring author Lynn Stegner. Author and publisher Nan Doyal […]
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St. David’s Jubilee Center offers a food pantry, free clothes closet and special programs throughout the year, including an annual Christmas Shoppe to support Englewood residents in need. The Christmas Shoppe allows parents or guardians to “shop” for their children so that every child can have presents under the tree on Christmas, said Executive Director […]
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The farmer’s market, which is usually held Fridays during season at Wheeler Road, could likely look a little different this spring. Currently, they are looking for a temporary site for the market until Wheeler Road is cleaned up from hurricane debris. The location at Wheeler is not going to be available until mid-February at the […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, News.
Friends of Boca Grande are now operating out of old marine containers for offices, as they wait for repairs to the Boca Grande Community Center, which was flooded during hurricanes Helene and Milton. The “offices” are in the parking lot of the Crowninshield House, which will be the first building renovated for use after the […]