Tag: Boca Beacon

Watch your belongings at the beach, there are thieves afoot

July 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Just a warning to keep an eye on your belongings at the beach, as one visitor reported the theft of several things from in front of their unit. The visitor, who was staying with her...

Make sure your hang tags are ready

July 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT – Do you know where your hurricane hang tags are? Most people discard the tags into the dark recesses of their glove box when storm season is over, but sometimes they’re like...

Make sure your traps stay pulled until July 20

To the Editor: Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in state waters in our area were mandated to be pulled from the water and the season closed on July 10. Season will reopen on Saturday,...

The case of the FWC and the iguana bloodlust

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The media recently blasted an announcement regarding iguanas on social media that made some pretty big waves. The headlines everywhere read that the Florida Fish and Wildlife...

Profile: Debbie Hagstrom

July 11, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Debbie Hagstrom creates beautifully designed one of a kind silk scarves right in front of her customers. The artist visited Boca Grande in June. She was one of the vendors at the...

Obstacles in the ‘Promenade’ prompt questions of ownership yet again

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The right to roam the Promenade is being infringed once again, not only by overgrown bushes but by brand-new plantings right in the thoroughfare. This seems to have become an...

Junior takes the 2019 Buckle!

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It was a third-time honor for Capt. Lamar Joiner Jr. on Friday night at the Long Marsh Country Club in Rotonda, as he was awarded the 2019 Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle. It...

Southern Grand Slam Country Music Festival starts tonight

■ BY SUE ERWIN Grab your hat and boots and get ready to dance. The Southern Grand Slam Concert is coming to Charlotte Sports Park on Saturday, July 6. Artists scheduled to perform include Darryl...

Turtles are turtling all over the turtling place

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association would like to remind everyone that bright lighting could misdirect and disturb nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings, so beachgoers should...

‘Operation Knot Lit’ to focus on holiday driving, boating

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is participating in “Operation Knot Lit,” a Florida Sheriffs Task Force initiative for enhanced enforcement that will run through the 4th of...