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Mold and your home – what you should know

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) has addressed some of the most common questions concerning indoor mold.  How can I tell if there is mold in my home? · Search areas where you notice mold odors, and if you smell an earthy or musty odor, you may have a mold problem. · […]

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: It’s time to turn another page – The Johann Fust Library story continues

Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation For more than 70 years, Boca Grande’s Johann Fust Library has been a coral-pink-colored sentinel, providing a place of respite and literary enrichment for the community, and it will continue to do so! Fortunately, Hurricane Ian was no match for this steadfast grande dame!  Since 1950, the library […]

OBITUARY: Joy Bowe

Joy Bowe, a beautiful island lady with a love of nature, music, flowers and most of all, her family, passed away from bone cancer on October 12, 2022. She was surrounded by family and friends.  The last few months had been hard on her, and now she is no longer suffering. Her family says thank […]

OBITUARY: John Fleming

John Marley Fleming, a former resident of Boca Grande, died on August 29, 2022 in Exeter New Hampshire at the age of 92. The cause of death was Covid.  John and his wife Jeanne lived for 20 years in Boca Grande, after moving there from Michigan. In 2013, they relocated to New Hampshire, and Jeanne […]

BALLYHOO ONLINE: Want to help? Need assistance?

Here are a few organizations where donations are being accepted and local assistance is being offered. Please continue to check back, as the list may change: Boca Grande Disaster Fund: This fund is led by Lighthouse Methodist Church of Boca Grande (see page 10), and its purpose is to assist businesses, nonprofits and churches in […]

Bocascopes

Boca Beacon backpages Aries: It’s been what feels like a long time since you were able to drive down a road without thinking about the deadfall in Stephen King’s “Pet Cemetery,” which gives you the strongest urge to dig up a random ex-living being of any species and carry them across it to see what […]