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Literary Forum announces new reads for 2015-2016

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Books to be discussed at the Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center Literature Forum 2015-2016 season were announced this week. After screening and discussing scores of books, the Literature Forum steering committee has selected the following works of fiction, taking their readers to Mississippi, Illinois, rural France, England and North Korea: Eudora Welty lived […]

GICIA tours proving successful, call to get on the list for the next one

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On April 25, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) hosted two tours of one of their most successful restoration sites.   Two small groups were guided through the properties by GICIA’s executive director, Misty Nichols and consultant and certified arborist, Rick Joyce. This remote site is not open to the public, which has allowed […]

Profile: Jim Sullivan

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BY JACK SHORT Jim Sullivan would prefer that the maudlin days of Equus and Macbeth were behind him, and behind the Royal Palm Players. Okay, RPP probably never did Equus, but they weren’t doing enough of what Jim says Boca Grande wants; he thinks he and Boca Grande have at least one important thing in […]

Letters: The saga of Gilligan’s Island continues (‘That patch of weeds belongs to all of us’)

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To the Editor: I read with great interest an article by a spokesperson for the Gilchrist neighborhood Association, which stated there had been a miscommunication about the Gilchrist parking situation. But it went back to the same old tired talking points about that never-implemented Olmsted plan for a linear park on Gilchrist Avenue. The article […]

Guest Editorial: Reflections on aging in Boca Grande

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BY JOAN ARDREY It’s only late April, but it seems summer weather has decided to settle in early this year, bringing a premature end to another satisfyingly frenetic Boca Grande “season.” The mounting heat causes tennis, golf and other forms of reasonably vigorous outdoor activity to lose their appeal. We retreat into our (thankfully) air-conditioned […]

Gilchrist residents speak to the community: There’s been a miscommunication

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The following is a statement prepared exclusively for the Boca Beacon, regarding the stance taken on Gilchrist Avenue parking by The Gilchrist Neighborhood Association. They have been largely silent as far as the media goes, until this week. This statement was written by Mary Howell, a spokesperson for the group. It has not been altered […]

Hope for Haitians group takes trek to monitor progress

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Ben Scott, Colvin McCrady, and Peter Soderberg of Boca Grande and Reid Carpenter, a Naples resident, left for Haiti on April 13 to visit the villages of Pon Batay and Michaud, villages the Boca Grande community contributed money to build suitable homes over the past several years. The first stop was a visit to Gressier, […]

Charlotte County approves reduced impact fees

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Charlotte County Commissioners voted to adopt impact fees at 40 perccent of the rate recommended by technical studies after a public hearing on April 14.Only one member of the public spoke at the meeting in opposition to the reduction, but approximately ten spoke in favor of plans ranging from the adopted 40 percent rate to […]

Two local parks projects to be considered by TDC

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BY JACK SHORT Representatives of Gasparilla Island State Parks submitted two applications to be included among the Lee County Tourism Development Council’s Beach and Shoreline project requests for the 2015/2016 funding cycle.