Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: I read with increasing disappointment and real concern about the Lee County Commission’s continued failure to commit to any real transparency regarding the parking issue in Boca Grande. (Seems like it’s a pattern in government these days.) I’m going to say the quiet part out loud; whether intentional or not, this lack […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News.
Hermitage Fellow James Schlefer performed “Music Mondays: Schlefer on Shakuhachi: Ancient Flute in Modern Times” to a packed beach at the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse – Range Light Photo by Matt
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Crews recently carefully pruned the banyans on Banyan Street, led by Coastline Tree and Lee County’s consultant, Rick Joyce. The pruning was to remove dead branches, and ensure that no parts of trees were in the roadway. The banyans are already recovering from fall hurricanes and salt water. Photos by Garland
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Community History, News.
Charlotte County is now looking to return the old Placida Bunkhouse back to Placida for restoration, in a site possibly north of the Causeway stoplight. Resident John Valickas has been working with county commissioners and staff on what to do with the building, which was moved near the South Gulf Cove Publix when a new […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in News, Police & Fire.
Around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26 the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a call of a back injury. A boat had hit a wave and a woman bounced off a seat and hurt her back. “We went out and rendezvoused,” Chief C.W. Blosser said. “Captiva [Fire Department] actually made it all the way […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, News, Police & Fire.
Last week, the Beacon raised the issue of the hurricane-damaged Sheriff’s Cottage in Boca Grande, which had been moved years ago, and may be demolished for a replacement (See Feb. 21 edition for history). It is at Wheeler Road Community Park. The program is an important one to the department, and to Boca Grande. Sgt. […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
On the agenda for the March 4, 2025 Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting is a donation for landscaping to Wheeler Road Community Park. The donation is from the Boca Grande Disaster Fund, which runs through the Lighthouse United Methodist Church. The amount is for $28,800. It reads, “This funding will be used to […]
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
An open letter to those Gasparilla neighbors who seek church parking restrictions BY PETER SODERBERGCHAIR OF COUNCIL LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST Once again we face a parking restrictions campaign targeting our churches, which you have encouraged, that causes unnecessary strife between neighbors. As you would have noted from last Friday’s Beacon, Kimberly Whipple and I are […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
There is a remarkable ship that will pass by us on this renamed Gulf in coming days. It is a last voyage for the greatest, fastest and most beautiful vessel that America, and the world, ever saw. It is the final route of the S.S. United States, which is heading to be sunk off of […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News.
Legendary folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Rush performed at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday evening. Photo by Matt