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■ STAFF REPORT An Englewood man was arrested this week on island after an altercation on the street led to multiple charges. Gregorio Garcia Jr., 28, of Englewood was charged with burglary to an unoccupied conveyance, second-degree larceny, battery and resisting an officer after fighting with another man at the intersection of Gasparilla Street and Gulf […]
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■ STAFF REPORT If you enjoy learning about local history, you won’t want to miss the first Bytes session of the season on Wednesday, February 6, at 11 a.m. at the Johann Fust Community Library. Frank Newlin will share stories of his grandparents, E. Mortimer and Elizabeth Battles Newlin, who first arrived on a visit to […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Close to 100 people filled the Mote Marine Boca Grande office on January 9, to hear Dr. Vince Lovko speak on Florida red tide. His presentation, “Florida Red Tide – What’s True and What We Can Do” included information about how a red tide bloom is initiated and the phases that […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Grab your coffee mug and some biscotti and head down to the Mote Marine office in Boca Grande, 480 E. Railroad Ave., for some coffee with the always-lovable and ever-knowing Dr. Vince Lovko on Wednesday, Jan. 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. A presentation about the current status of our red tide situation […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The hustle and bustle of Christmas is upon us, and while the seasonal cheer is apparent, so are the lines at the post office. With so many residents sending and receiving packages on an island with no mail delivery to residences and businesses, there has been a lot o confusion surrounding […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Join Chief C.W. Blosser and the rest of the staff at the Boca Grande Fire Department as they celebrate 75 years of service to Gasparilla Island on Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. Everyone will be able to check out all the newest fire department equipment, take a look back […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN At a public hearing on Tuesday, September 25, Charlotte County Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance to adopt a small-scale plan amendment to the development of the Fishery property, located at 13000 Fishery Rd. The “Village & Marina at Boca Grande” project, spearheaded by real estate developer Jay Feinberg, went before commissioners […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It was 30 years ago this week when our publisher, Dusty Hopkins and his ex-wife Terry, published their first Boca Beacon … and oh, what a ride it has been. You might ask how a nice couple of people like them got caught up in a maelstrom of 50-gallon barrels of […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mote Marine Laboratory scientists were on Damficare Street on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 14 to field-test a newly developed method for mitigating Florida red tide (elevated concentrations of toxic Karenia brevis algae) in the closed end of the canal. Scientists at Mote have created and patented an ozone treatment system […]
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■ BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD Unfortunately, the talk of our town now is red tide and water quality/polluted local waters. For now, our local marine economy is virtually shut down. A few offshore boats are getting out into the Gulf fishing, though. This current outbreak followed our May rains. We’ve had problems with red tide […]