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The 2015 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament is right around the corner, with fishing on Saturday, May 9 and the captain’s party on Friday, May 8. This is the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce’s official 25th Anniversary celebration of an island tradition, and it begins on Friday night at 5 p.m. with the Captain’s Party at […]
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Ben Scott, Colvin McCrady, and Peter Soderberg of Boca Grande and Reid Carpenter, a Naples resident, left for Haiti on April 13 to visit the villages of Pon Batay and Michaud, villages the Boca Grande community contributed money to build suitable homes over the past several years. The first stop was a visit to Gressier, […]
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Students from The Island School will present their year’s worth of artwork at the first Island School exhibit that the Boca Grande Art Alliance is hosting, beginning today. The show is open for viewing Friday, April, 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and again on Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. […]
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Grab your fishing pole and tackle box and come join the family fun at the next youth fishing tournament, scheduled for Saturday, May 2 at 9 a.m. at the Boca Grande Fishing Pier North.
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BY JACK SHORT Representatives of Gasparilla Island State Parks submitted two applications to be included among the Lee County Tourism Development Council’s Beach and Shoreline project requests for the 2015/2016 funding cycle.
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BY JACK SHORT Members of the Boca Grande Health Clinic had their annual meeting to conduct some housekeeping, learn about stroke response and elect or reelect board members, and to celebrate their recent accreditation. CEO John Seilert emphasized that the three-year accreditation, from Ace Association for Ambulatory Care, is rare among clinics sized similarly to […]
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On Wednesday evening, April 22, the main room of the Crowninshield Community House was packed with friends and family of Mark Shevitski, an island friend who played a vital role in Boca Grande’s history. While many spoke of how Mark’s departure is such a loss, one man never got a chance to speak. The following […]
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The following is a profile done on Mark Shevitski by the Boca Beacon in August of 1992. It was written by Karen Parker Cromley and has not been adapted in any way.Mark passed away last week, leaving our island cloaked in sadness. You can find his obituary in the April 17 edition of the Boca […]
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Frederic Clinton Reynolds, 80, died peacefully at home in Mendham, NJ on March 23, 2015. Born on January 22, 1935 in Orange, NJ to Frederic C. and Mariana C. Reynolds, Fred graduated from The Peck School in 1948, St. Paul’s School in 1953 and Princeton University in 1957. He started his career at Standard Oil […]
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SUBMITTED BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a 70-day recreational red snapper season for Gulf state waters at their April 16 meeting in Tallahassee.