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To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Royal Palm Players, I want to thank the entire Boca Grande community for the unprecedented support we got for our 2014-2015 season. People turned out in record numbers for every show we did. In addition, contributions were at an all-time high, further ensuring the […]
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To the Editor: We read in last week’s Boca Beacon that you have received a letter from the President of the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association stating that residents of the Isles were in favor of increasing the weight limit on the new bridge. We have lived on the Isles for 13 years and […]
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BY JACK SHORT Willy Townsend is proof of a lot of things, not the least of which among them is that you can get up to a little mischief and still turn out alright.
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Bashie Meyer, 86, formerly of Fox Chapel and most recently of Longwood at Oakmont, passed away on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2015.
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On Friday, May 1, The Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association and 5F, LLC closed on a settlement agreement resolving a dispute that stretches back several years to Sunset Realty’s sale of plats to the Isles and subsequent sale of submerged plats surrounding the Isles to 5F’s predecessor.
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE While some people say their vehicle “purrs like a kitten,” island resident Ruth Amen can say it with a whole new meaning. On Saturday, May 2 island resident Ruth Amen was taking some things out of her car when she heard a strange noise coming from near the engine block. She had […]
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Thanks to a last-minute push by generous anonymous donors, the Boca Grande Hope for Haitians Committee has surpassed its 2015 fundraising goal to build 30 Food For The Poor homes in Gressier, Haiti.
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The votes are in, and the next “One Big Grande Boca Book will be “Elephant Company.”
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Certain local golf courses may have a huge alligator as their national claim to fame, but our island has its own version of reptilian fame. Recently our local iguana trapper, George Cera, had to herd one of the 1st Street ditch gators back home after he wandered down to the Boca Grande Community Center. He […]
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Larry McLaren, President of Englewood Bank & Trust, announced that the bank will serve as a collection point for non-perishable food items and toiletries for the Rotary Club of Englewood’s Food for the Troops drive through the month of May. Troops are in special need of the following items: Organic health barsNuts, trail mixgumcandymicrowavable mac […]