Tag: Boca Beacon

Boca Grande native is now successful Navy attorney

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande native Lt. Cmdr. Kathy (Young) Paradis, a staff judge advocate, is supporting the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines as part of Submarine Group Nine JAG...

The Gasparilla Inn & Club opens for their 105th season

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

Wednesday, October 5, 2018 PHOTOS BY DUSTY, JULIANNE AND SKIP PERRY

Activity slowing down for island nesting turtles and their babes

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The final few weeks of sea turtle nesting season are quickly approaching, with the season officially closing on October 31. “We are continuing to have a robust hatching season, and...

Boca Grande Woman’s Club scholarship apps due in February

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Scholarship Committee of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. In 2018, 52 scholars received financial support from the Boca Grande Woman’s...

Climb the historic Gasparilla Island Lighthouse Mondays and Saturdays

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Walk in the very steps of lightkeepers from the past. Reserve your space now for a 20-minute climb tour to the top of the historic Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, as volunteer docents...

Chamber scholarships awarded to 29 deserving students

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY BOCA GRANDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that in 2018 more than $20,000 in scholarships was awarded to both new applicants and...

Englewood Bank & Trust holding drive for the soldiers

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Englewood Bank & Trust is once again serving as a collection point for the Rotary Club of Englewood’s Food for the Troops drive. Customers and residents are encouraged to bring...

OBITUARY: George Reese Lyons

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

George Reese Lyons, 83, of Blue Bell, Pa. and Boca Grande passed away on September 22, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Anne (Starr) Lyons; devoted father of Bonnie Lyons (Lee) Richards, Laura...

Mote leaders share red tide science at Capitol Hill briefing

To the Editor: Mote Marine Laboratory’s leader shared red tide science to inform national policymakers yesterday, Sept. 27, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael...

Wishing an old friend good-bye

To the Editor: If you lived in Boca Grande and fished or flew, you knew Mark Futch. I had the good fortune to be his neighbor when he and his family lived at the end of Tarpon Avenue near our house...