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Night-blooming cereus makes show behind Temptation

Residents have been heading out to the GICIA Bike Path, and other locations across island, to visit night-blooming cereuses.  Resident Ellen Cornwell was out Monday evening and photographed the plant; she knows the time of year that they bloom and caught them in the evening.  Rick Joyce, who supervises many of the plants on the […]

Boca Blue takes first in the Red Gill 25

Moonshine takes second place Boca Blue took first place at the 11th Annual Red Gill Tarpon Tournament last Sunday, May 25. Red Gill is hosted by William Woodroffe and benefits the Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum. “It was a beautiful day in Boca Grande Pass on Memorial Day weekend,” Woodroffe said. “It was extra special that […]

No formal county parking proposal from Lee County

Lee County is currently working on an ordinance revising parking regulations in Boca Grande. While there is a draft version circulating on island, the county was not ready to share a new version at this time.  “The Board gave staff direction to present amendments to the parking ordinance during the month of August,” said Betsy […]

Island graduates

Sean Sawicki, son of Lt. Mike Sawicki Sean Sawicki graduated from Lemon Bay High School. Sean was raised on Captiva and his family moved there when he was 14 months old. His dad, Mike Sawicki, is the Lieutenant with the LCSO. The Sawicki family has lived in Boca for about a year and a half. […]

COLUMNS: BART DESTEFANO

Restrictions on beach parking will affect livelihoods BY BART DESTEFANO,SOUTH BEACH BAR & GRILL I am writing in response to the proposed restricted parking measures in Boca Grande. While I understand the desire for order and safety, these proposals raise deeper concerns that deserve honest discussion. Let’s be clear: the beaches are public. They do […]

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO Mote Marine Laboratory installed “living docks” in the canals to study the efficiency of filter-feeding organisms. TEN YEARS AGO The United Methodist Church got a new pastor, Rev. Matthew Williams, who came from Valley, Alabama.  FIFTEEN YEARS AGO GICIA announced a master landscape plan for bike path. The new planting program would […]

Englewood beach merchants, Boca Grande fast recovery

Here in Boca Grande, during this hurricane cleanup, we have been well served by Lee County and its various departments, from Parks and Recreation to DOT. There had been a past sense, quite right, that taxpayers on the island were paying an enormous amount of money to the county, and had been left out of […]