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The Annual Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival is back by popular demand, this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, March 4-5 on the grounds of the Boca Grande Community Center on Park Avenue. The Art Festival is once again partnering with the United Methodist Women’s Strawberry Festival to create a fun and fabulous weekend on the island. […]
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Celebrating Dr. Seuss – the man who taught so many the value of reading Dr. Seuss was a great teacher. He taught the world it could be fun to read. He taught that poetry does not have to be dry and boring. He taught that using your imagination can lead to a good life. March 2 was […]
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Bob Elliott, beloved husband, father, grandfather and good friend to all who knew him, passed away peacefully in Venice on January 16, 2023 at the age of 85. Bob had a long and successful career as an advertising and marketing executive, communications skills coach, author and journalist. He authored the book, “Make Your Point” and […]
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We have a lot of red tide. Over the past week,red tide was detected in 171 samples from and offshore of Southwest Florida. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 94 samples from Southwest Florida including 22 in and offshore of Sarasota County, 9 in and offshore of Charlotte County and 25 in and offshore […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to monitor bird mortalities suspected to be attributed to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza throughout Florida. This strain has been documented in the United States since 2021 and was detected for the first time in Florida in January 2022. The FWC has documented the virus […]
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To the Editor, and to the citizens of Boca Grande: I’m Tim Spain. In December of last year I received my second DUI in a very short time. I have no excuse for my irresponsibility and I write this letter from the confines of my jail cell. I’m writing this because I want to say […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
Writing a note of thanks to the white car and kind gentleman passenger who stopped after seeing me tumble off my bike last Sunday on the bike/sidewalk path across from Kappy’s. Even though I waved them on and said I was fine; the gallant man said that’s ok I am here to help you anyways. After righting my bike, me, and with a final debris brushing off, I was back in the saddle again.
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages.
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO We said goodbye to Pedalin’ Patty, and a new toll system was announced that would be implemented within a few months. TEN YEARS AGO Save the Tarpon was born and held a shindig at the Boca Grande Community Center. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO There were killer bees infesting the island’s […]
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A group of Gasparilla Island residents, emergency workers and organization heads have gotten together to form a group called the Community Cell Tower Committee. Their goal in the meetings that have taken place in the last month and a half is to keep progressing our problem – the lack of a permanent cell phone tower – until it is no longer a problem.
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The Charlotte County hearing on Cape Haze density is set for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28 in Room 119 of the Murdock Administration building. Charlotte County government has proposed a rule that would limit density to 15 units per acre, but would allow a developer to ask for up to 65 units per acre […]