Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“Hurricane season bringsa humbling reminder that despite our technologies,most of nature remains unpredictable.” Diane Ackerman, American poet, essayist, and naturalist, known for her books and films The first day of summer will be welcomed on June 20 this year. Many people look forward to the popular month filled with weddings, trips to the beach and […]
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Commissioner with love for island, county When David Mulicka (muh-lik-ah), newest member of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners, was a kid he asked his dad for an allowance. David was attending a prep school in Fort Myers and many of his classmates were getting as much as $20 a week as spending money […]
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BY ARLENE HALL,BGSTA SECRETARY This week, our loggerhead turtle mothers laid their 100th nest of the season. It will be interesting to see how May 2025 compares to May 2024’s activity. Final monthly statistics will be compiled next week, so check back. In last week’s article, I wrote about keeping the beaches dark during sea […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE Editor’s Note: This August, Lee County commissioners are scheduled to vote on an ordinance related to parking in Boca Grande. It could contain a sweeping revision of current ordinances, which have evolved over the last decades. With that in mind, the Boca Beacon has gone back and reviewed how we got to […]
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An internet-based petition criticizing Charlotte County for its slow pace in reopening Englewood Beach mentions the quick speed of beach reopening in Boca Grande. The petition, at the site moveon.org, is asking the Charlotte County administration to quickly reopen Englewood Beach. “As of today, it has been over seven months since the park was initially […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community History, News.
Editor’s Note: Last month, the Boca Beacon filed a public records request with Lee County on issues related to Boca Grande parking. In the files, there are interesting tidbits related to Gasparilla Island. One item that came up was the 1925 plat that shows donation of public streets from the Boca Grande Corporation to public […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community History, Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
With this year’s back-to-back winning of the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, the Boca Beacon has compiled a list of historical winners of the tarpon season below. One name that has come up over and over is Capt. Wayne Joiner, of Hey, Moma! On May 15, the Hey, Moma! team led by Capt. Wayne Joiner won […]
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On Saturday, May 24, during the Boca H2O Festival, a teenage boy was struck by a boat propeller, breaking his leg. The festival is held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida. Attendees have estimated on social media that there were around 1,800 boats at the event this year. Around midday, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]