Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will install new pavement and bicycle markings to make it for safer bicyclists who cross the bridge. “We have bikes, we have cars,” said GIBA Executive Director Kathy Banson. “We had a unicycle last week.” The markings were announced at a special board meeting on Wednesday, March 19. The new […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Breaking News, News.
Easter is almost a month away, but plans are under way among Boca Grande churches to honor the religious foundations of this holiday by holding special services on Easter Sunday and the week leading up to Easter, which is April 20 this year. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will begin the Easter festivities early with a […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News.
There was no formal agenda item concerning Boca Grande parking at the Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, March 18, despite county staff telling attendees last meeting that it would come back up on the 18th. “The reason we didn’t have a public meeting today [about parking in Boca Grande] is four people […]
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
Capt. Lemuel “Phil” Woods, a lifelong sportsman, accomplished angler, avid golfer and devoted family man passed away peacefully on March 13, 2025, in Boca Grande, FL. A Tampa native, Phil was born October 8, 1932 to Lemuel Phillips Woods, Sr. and Julia Banks Webb Woods. He spent his early years exploring the Davis Islands and […]
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
Frank H. “Skip” McKean, 95, formerly of Fox Chapel, PA, Boca Grande, FL and Castine, ME, passed away peacefully, with his family at his side on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Born in Pittsburgh, the hospital nurses called him Skippy after a popular comic strip, and it became his lifelong nickname. Skip grew up in Edgewood […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Profiles.
Roy H. Park Jr. In his new book, Boca Grande resident Roy H. Park Jr. has chronicled the ups and downs of being the son of a television and media baron. The book, “Sons in the Shadow” is subtitled “Surviving the Family Business as an SOB,” or Son of the Boss. Park Jr. comes to […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, Community History.
BY JIM COCHRUN It was 1954, I was 14 and we were living in Naples. At the time, Naples had a population of 1,500 people. As a typical small town, everyone knew each other. My father had a close friend named Corky who operated the local dry-cleaning business. One Saturday Corky invited both Dad and […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Opinion, Sports & Outdoors.
BY GRAY INDELICATO I have been waiting 14 years to operate a golf cart on Gasparilla. It started with a toy golf cart at age three, then progressed to my dad’s lap, and now finally at age 14 I’m told to wait a few more years due to a new law in Florida. A golf […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History, Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Historical Society History Bytes for this season is in the “Books!” I can’t say enough about what a wonderful group of speakers shared a “Byte”! A special THANK YOU to all who attend and continue to support our “History Byte” programs. We began our season with a great event […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
On Saturday, this paper had a visit from a family who had been photographed and included in our publication the previous week. They wanted to get some extra copies of the paper. They came up to the office to see us, as so many of you do. The daughter wanted to tell us – as […]