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“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.” Diana Cooper, poet and author The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty it provides to our gardens and to our lives, but to report the sad news that the iconic Monarch butterfly is […]
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FIVE YEARS AGO Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches were closed due to concerns over COVID-19. Boca Grande Fire Department launched their new app. TEN YEARS AGO A record number of manatees were recorded in the Florida state-wide count. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Scott Harrington was the winner and defender of the Professional Tennis Exhibition Series […]
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Susan Carruthers was the first person to receive her 2025 4-Digit directory. Copies can be obtained at the Beacon’s office at 431 Park Ave., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Copies are also available under the parking lot tent on Tuesday (3/25) and Wednesday (3/26) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]
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Door pried open On Saturday, Feb. 22, Lee County Deputy David Scozzafava was notified of a burglary at the Boca Bay maintenance building located at 901 Gulf Boulevard. According to an official police report, Deputy Scozzafava made contact with security supervisor for the Boca Bay Association. The supervisor was conducting a roving patrol of Boca […]
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Adeline Hyland, a young author from Chester County, Penn. with family in Boca Grande, will be at The Tide for a book signing on Saturday, March 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. Her new book is Second Start Farm. In her bio, she writes that she lives on the real Second Start Farm, where she […]
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Thursday afternoon, March 13, the Johann Fust Library Foundation held a publishing panel for attendees to hear from several authors and editors. Panel members included editors Rosemary Ahern and Nan Doyal, as well as authors Candice Shy Hooper and David Sparks. “The most important part of this process is the editing,” Doyal said, who moderated […]
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BY KATHY Y. FUTCH A few weeks ago, Delores Savas remembered special island people. I would like to add a few of the ladies who are memorable to me, in no particular order of importance. Watching Mrs. Junkin feed mullet every day at 5 p.m. on her front lawn at the water’s edge to the bald […]
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BY LAMAR TOOLE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, March 5, Jennifer Figge, floral designer and owner of Figge Floral Studio in the greater Boston area, shared her eclectic style of her art- and nature-inspired floral design with the Boca Grande Garden Club. She engaged the audience in lively conversation while creating two horizontal table arrangements […]
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Are you intrigued by the polar explorers and how the media covered their historical expeditions? On Thursday, March 27, at 4 p.m., the Johann Fust Library Foundation will present a Literary Series Event featuring author Darrell Hartman. Mr. Hartman will speak about his book Battle of Ink and Ice in the library courtyard and loggia. […]
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The Princeton Fishing Team has once again returned to Boca Grande for their annual spring fishing trip. Their trip is a spring tradition that began about 35 years ago, and which continues to this day. For several weeks every year in February and March members of the team, which number about 20 ladies and gentlemen, […]