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The Lee County Office of the State Attorney has set the dates for a direct and public hearing. This meeting is a follow up to the August 11 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Meeting with proposed Lee County ordinance NO. 21-XX. “The Board is anticipated on November 2 at its regularly scheduled 9:30 a.m. meeting to […]
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Salmon always return to the same river where they were hatched. It doesn’t matter if you pick them up and move them to a different location, they will eventually come back to their river home. Rick Montgomery is like a salmon. After attending the Ringling College in Sarasota, Rick was hired by the Walt Disney […]
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Listen up, all you Halloween ghosts and goblins, because this year’s Boca Grande Halloween festivities will be just a little bit different than in the past. This year the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with Lee County Parks & Recreation for Halloween, which means the annual trick-or-treating event with island businesses […]
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Developed by the U.S. Army in 1946, DEET is a synthetic chemical that provides one to six hours of total protection against mosquitoes. DEET has been used by hundreds of millions of people with an estimated 30 percent of the U.S. population among those each year. For over 50 years, DEET has been the undisputed […]
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Island travelers come and go to Boca Grande daily and they all must cross over GIBA’s faithful swing bridge. But did you know that once you cross the bridge on your way off of Gasparilla Island you are actually on a land mass that is a “cape”? This particular cape is located on the map […]
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Matt Gutman misses the fall northern weather, loves the Finger Lakes, and is suspicious of alligators. He’s also the newest member of the Boca Beacon family. “I think it’s fall that I miss the most. In Ithaca, there are a lot of waterfalls and a lot of people that go swimming in the lake. I […]
Above and below, Florida DEP staff heard from island residents and non-profits. Photos by Cheryl In March, the state of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Park Planning released new management plans for Gasparilla Island State Park, Cayo Costa, Don Pedro Island and Stump Pass. On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, most of the […]
Get in touch Our office is open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mailing Address P.O. Box 313Boca Grande, FL 33921 Physical Address 431 Park AvenueBoca Grande, FL 33921 Phone 941-964-2995 or800-749-2995 Fax 941-964-0372 Our Team Dusty Hopkins Publisher/General Manager Garland Pollard Editor Daniel Godwin Art Director Caroline Clabaugh Sales Rep Matt Gutman […]
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Jim Brown is our local Boca Grande Arrow Pest Control man, a Vietnam Veteran, proud husband and father, and a passionate breeder of Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. You can also add to that list that he’s one heck of a storyteller. Jim and his wife Karen have been raising Chesapeakes since 1998. While they love all […]
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More than 50 beach wheelchairs are now available at Florida state parks thanks to the continuing partnership between the Florida State Parks Foundation and the Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation, and Cayo Costa is included in the list of parks that received them. The beach wheelchairs can be used in areas with soft sand where […]