Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Community, Editorial.
To the Editor: The Literature Forum is back and looking forward to inaugurating its 2021-22 season on Thursday, November 4th, with a presentation of “Circe” by Madeline Miller. This follow-up to Miller’s best-selling first novel, “The Song of Achilles”, is told from the perspective of Circe, the sorceress nymph whose brief appearance in Homer’s “Odyssey” […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Community, News.
It was a simpler time. A time when children would watch “Father Knows Best” and “The Brady Bunch” in their feety pajamas. A time when the best ride in town was a banana seat bicycle with playing cards clipped to the tire with a clothes pin. A time when children played outside for hours unsupervised, […]
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: Join us for the first book discussion of the season in the “Let’s Talk About Florida” series on Monday, Oct. 18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. You can attend live in the Boca Grande Community Center Woman’s Club Room or via Zoom. Thanks to the Fergeson Skipper Law Firm of Sarasota for […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Education.
Teachers around the country faced unprecedented challenges as they began the 2021-22 school year. From varying mask mandates, attendance issues and dealing with the social-emotional crisis created by the pandemic, the challenges facing our educators are staggering and complex from expected and unexpected sources. At first, it seemed as if the worst might be behind […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in News.
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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With record-breaking deaths of the manatee, red tide, Piney Point and the Lake Okeechobee debate, organizations like Captains for Clean Water are moving front and center. As citizens not only search for answers but for ways to make their voices heard, Captains for Clean Water seeks to give a voice to the general public. “We […]
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After years of battling anonymous complaints, The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board presented what seems like a light at the end of the tunnel. Lee County Government attorney, Amanda Swindle, attended the August 11 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board Meeting with proposed Lee County Ordinance NO. 21-XX. “This is the product of really great work […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
After an announcement on July 19 regarding the potential new plan for releasing water from Lake Okeechobee, and after an outcry from Southwest Florida residents regarding their initial proposal, on Monday, Aug. 9 the federal government announced they had tweaked the plan to include a few concessions that would benefit the Caloosahatchee River. The tweaks […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Education.
On Tuesday, Aug. 10 the classrooms at The Island School were once again ringing with the sounds of the voices of teachers and children as the first day of school began. Parents of the students stood in the parking lots and on the lawn, making sure everything was a go, and eventually left the children […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
As the water heats up and the rains start coming more frequently, we all start to get nervous about our old nemsis named red tide. For weeks we had been hearing about the problems Tampa Bay was having with the algae named Karenia brevis, but it wasn’t until two weeks ago that we realized “Karen” […]