Tag: Boca Beacon

Is ozone the answer? Some say it may help with red tide

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ 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...

Harmful algal blooms in Southwest Florida: Let’s tone down the rhetoric and work together for solutions

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY DR. MICHAEL CROSBY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY The fact that Southwest Florida is currently experiencing devastating impacts from harmful algal blooms (HABs) is well understood by all of...

Two iconic island figures gone, but not forgotten: Jeff Gaines Jr. and Steve Seidensticker

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande native Jefferson Gaines Jr., born May 17, 1935, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. He attended Boca Grande School and graduated from Arcadia High School, then...

Charlotte County declares local state of emergency: ‘This is an economic tragedy’

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Charlotte County Commission staff announced on Tuesday, Aug. 14 that they would be holding an emergency meeting to discuss a resolution declaring a local state of emergency relating...

1,000 books before kindergarten: Encourage reading while children are young

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Kelly Borza started reading to her sons Granger and Grayson before they were born. She had heard that babies could hear words spoken by their moms as they developed, so she started...

Lee County continues beach clean-ups in red tide areas

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Contractors working for Lee County have removed more than 1,400 tons of fish from Lee County beaches and waterways since beginning work on Aug. 2. That total doesn’t include fish...

Red tide public meeting scheduled for August 24

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT On Friday, Aug. 24 the public is invited to a red tide forum from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Englewood Event Center, 3069 S. McCall Rd. in Englewood. Featured speakers include algae...

Turtle numbers still up despite red tide

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Despite the effects of red tide, sea turtle nest numbers are continuing to grow, hatchlings are making their way to the water, and excavations are being done by patrol members on a...

Obituary: Frances Dale Elwood Melvold

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Frances Dale Melvold of Maquoketa, Iowa, who spent winters with her husband and family members at Boca Grande for more than 40 years, died November 27, 2017 at Clover Ridge Place Assisted Living in...

Profile Lisa Hannah

August 17, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve visited Englewood Bank in the last several months, you may have noticed a new friendly face behind the counter. Lisa Hannah is the new senior teller at the branch in Boca...