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STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Fire Department, Lee County EMS and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was busy this past Memorial Day weekend with multiple calls that included a golf cart accident, an electrical fire, numerous boater distress calls and a death investigation. On Friday, May 28 at 9:25 a.m. the Charlotte County Sheriff’s […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last year we brought you the story of a South Gulf Cove woman, Jennifer Stanton, who had given the gift of life to an anonymous person in need: In an action of sheer bravery and selflessness she donated one of her kidneys. She didn’t know at the time if she would […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you find yourself in town and you see a new face in a Lee County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, make sure to give it a big Boca wave. Chances are it’s our new Deputy Sheriff, David Scozzafava. Here for just over three weeks, Deputy Sheriff David is excited to be […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER AND MARCY SHORTUSE – If you’re looking for a perfect Father’s Day gift sometimes the simplest things can bring the most pleasure, and can bring about the most change. That is certainly the case with a product that has come along in the last 15 years called a Mini Reef, which […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE – A representative of Florida’s Department of State has conceded that the effort to list part of Boca Grande’s residential district on the National Register of Historic Places has been stopped by objections from local property owners. And yet, under guidelines of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, an appeal of […]
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BY WESLEY LOCKE, WORLD’S RICHEST TARPON TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – The World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament is routed in the rich history of Traditional Live Bait Tarpon fishing in Boca Grande Pass. In the 80s and 90s the Tournament was in its hay day with celebrity anglers from the band Alabama, corporate sponsorships, Budweiser Girls and legendary […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Boca Grande resident and horsewoman extraordinaire Pat Chapman was honored this month by the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association with the greatest honor that they bestow – the Lifetime Achievement Award. Chapman said she was flummoxed when she heard the news that she had been given the prestigious award but for those […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Tuesday, May 18 Lee County Commissioners met and unanimously passed an ordinance that prohibits overnight parking in specific designated area for buses and recreational vehicles, within portions of Gasparilla Island. Those areas include the western end of 5th Street, between Gilchrist Ave. and the Gulf of Mexico; the Rear Range […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Florida Department of Recreation and Parks has postponed the Cayo Costa State Park Management Plan vote which was scheduled to come before the Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) on June 11. In a statement provided to the Boca Beacon by Alexandra Kuchta, Deputy Press Secretary for Florida Department of […]
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This story is the first in a series devoted to fathers, and their importance in our lives. Highlighted will be some of the more common activities many of us remember when we think of our dads. BY TONYA BRAMLAGE – There was a time, and it seems more and more like an ancient time, when […]