Tag: Boca Beacon

Appointment schedulers extraordinaire: The Hadfields make miracles for those who need COVID shots

March 28, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – What miracles can be performed with a collection of old but workable laptops, iPads and phones? At least 74 – the number of people tech entrepreneur Tom Hadfield and his...

Local family counts their blessings and raises money tandem style

March 28, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On a bright sunny day, Mary Johnston can catch a glimmer of light. She is very matter of fact about the fact she is blind, as it is a process that has been taking place...

Live Poets to present ‘Poetry in the Garden’ featuring Richard Blanco

March 28, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY JOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION – On April 1 at 4 p.m., the Live Poets of Boca Grande will present “Poetry in the Garden,” an online poetry reading. This year “Poetry in the...

Island firefighters find missing kayaker

March 28, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Police & Fire

STAFF REPORT – This past weekend Boca Grande firefighters came to the rescue of a woman in a kayak who was in distress in local waters. On Sunday, March 21 at approximately 8:30 p.m. the Boca...

Getting back to normal: It’s not just COVID any more

BY DR THOMAS ERVIN, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – It was brought to my attention that March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, not to be confused with National Lung Cancer, Breast...

‘Art After Dark’ at J.McLaughlin a very unusual idea, and a great success

March 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you happened to be walking down Park Avenue in Boca Grande Thursday evening, March 18, you would have been magnetically drawn to the sounds of Otis Redding’s “Sitting...

Nine-county comparative report exposes troubling trends for water quality in Southwest Florida

March 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY THE CALUSA WATERKEEPERS – Since 1993, March 22 has been known as World Water Day, and Calusa Waterkeeper is taking this opportunity to release a Report chronicling troubling...

Staging an outdoor production vs. COVID and Mother Nature

March 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment

BY ELAINE SKYPALA – Once upon a time in February 2020 the world was fairly normal. Ann Fletcher, President of Royal Palm Players, looked at the well planned, excellent assortment of plays and...

PROFILE: Carol Elwood

March 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY T MICHELE WALKER – Here’s a little tip for you. If you’re at a gathering or party and would like to be entertained, sit next to an actor. They have an endless array of performance theater...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Just one of the reasons to love our island

To the Editor, So, last week, I ran into Hudson’s for a few things. At the checkout, Robin handed me a tissue wrapped “gift”: the sunglasses I had been searching for for days. She said, “Do these...