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BY T MICHELE WALKER – Birthdays are a time of celebrating another year on this third rock from the sun, splurging on some birthday cake, and looking forward to new beginnings. For Kyle Rich, his birthday was the day an ad was posted in the Boca Beacon that would change the course of his life. […]
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Lloyd A. “Bud” Wampach, age 92, died Friday, April 9, 2021. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Boca Grande, FL on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 10 a.m. Burial will be scheduled at a later date in Eden Valley, MN. Bud was born in St. Cloud, MN on August […]
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BY MISTY NICHOLS, GICIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR In 1985 the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) completed construction of the 5 miles of paved bike path that run from First Street north. In the 36 years since the dedication many things have changed. Boca Grande has increased its resident and visitor populations, the GICIA […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE A metal roof, an 8-foot wall, a small addition and a new pool and cabana for a home on East Railroad Avenue all received unanimous approval from the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board in what was a fairly routine meeting on Wednesday. The board also welcomed Earl Hahn, the new principal […]
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SUBMITTED BY MARK DRISCOLL OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC By the end of this week, the Boca Grande Health Clinic will have vaccinated 1,471 patients and members of the Island community with their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 1,032 with their second dose. All Florida residents 18 years of age and older […]
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BY TONYA BRAMLAGE Mote Marine Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program, Dr. Jake Lasala shared the findings of his research on “Exploring the Mysteries of Sex Ratios in Sea Turtles to Better Predict Their Future” during the final virtual presentation of Coffee with a Scientist on Wednesday, April 14. […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE Lee County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday, April 6 to oppose the nomination of 129 individual homes and structures in Boca Grande to the National Register of Historic Places. Their vote supported two previous rejections of the proposal by the local Historic Preservation Board. But by noon on Wednesday, April 7, supporters […]
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BY TONYA BRAMLAGE From the demolition of the Fellowship Hall, to the lifting of the old church building, to clearing the site for foundations, the vision of the Lighthouse Methodist Church parsonage building has now become a long awaited reality. “Parsonage” may be an old fashioned term for the housing a church provides to its […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER “Citizen Mack” is a two-part series on Connie Mack and his new memoir, “Citizen Mack: Politics, an Honorable Calling.” Connie Mack is sitting across from Richard Nixon. They are discussing whether or not Mack should run for the Senate. As Mack told the story, “I said to him, ‘I don’t think […]
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Elisabeth Obry Henneberger, 87 died on April 1, 2021 in Riverview, Fla. Born January 31, 1934 in Weilerbach, Germany, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, with her husband and infant son. They spent 10 years in the NYC area. In 1967, her beloved husband, Henry, of 66 years, moved them to New Hampshire and […]