Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Community.
Jim Blaha knows that to tell a story, you need many voices. To tell the story of black history in Boca Grande, Jim reached out to the Blanchard House in Punta Gorda. “The Blanchard House had been closed for a time because of the pandemic. When they had their grand reopening on September 18th, those […]
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Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: On Friday, September 24 about 8 a.m. while running along the beach I found a dead sea turtle some 50 yards north of the 1st Street beach access lying on its back with fishing wire about its neck and a hook in its mouth missing a portion of its right flipper. Sad […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in News.
The Lee County Office of the State Attorney has set the dates for a direct and public hearing. This meeting is a follow up to the August 11 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Meeting with proposed Lee County ordinance NO. 21-XX. “The Board is anticipated on November 2 at its regularly scheduled 9:30 a.m. meeting to […]
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The Barrier Island Parks Society, is excited to announce the formal launch of their new website wwBIPS.org. The contemporary website was built with BIPS’ audience in mind, explains Executive Director, Sharon McKenzie. “BIPS’ goal was to create a user-friendly website for people to quickly and easily access information about the organization, their museums and programs, […]
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Listen up, all you Halloween ghosts and goblins, because this year’s Boca Grande Halloween festivities will be just a little bit different than in the past. This year the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with Lee County Parks & Recreation for Halloween, which means the annual trick-or-treating event with island businesses […]
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Submitted by the Boca Grande History Center The Boca Grande Historical Society is making changes to its staff and officers. As of October 1, the Society welcomes Crystal Diff as its new executive director. Kim Kyle, who has served the organization for 19 years, will become administrative director working with Crystal on all aspects of […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in News.
The Atha family had a summer that none of them were expecting. What started as a little discomfort and indigestion for Loretta Atha, quickly escalated in an unexpected way. On July 8, Loretta was taken to her Gastroenterologist for pain and swelling of her stomach. A CT scan was ordered for the next day, and […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
Just before our most recent bout of red tide the Boca Beacon received reports of several individuals spearfishing at the end of Belcher Road and in other locations around the south end, and two of the those anglers were confronted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department. While […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: The Lee Board of County Commissioners today announced the schedule for public meetings at which the community can provide input on the redistricting process and launched a website landing page to provide data, maps, information and transparency throughout the process. Florida law requires each county to examine the need to redistrict every […]