Tag: Boca Beacon

Red tide research challenge wraps up on New Year’s Eve

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY SUE ERWIN – Last year, when Mote Marine Laboratory announced a campaign to raise funds for red tide research, a donor in Boca Grande pledged to match donations up to $100,000. So far, the...

Historical Society receives funding for new archiving system, volunteers needed to digitize items

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – Karen Grace is happy to announce that the Boca Grande Historical Society has received two gifts that allowed the organization to purchase a much-needed digital archiving...

Get tickets now for the BGWC fashion show

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

The second semi-annual Boca Grande Woman’s Club Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held at The Gasparilla Inn on February 22, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. The theme will be “Celebrating 70 Years of Greatness...

OBITUARY: Helen Johnson Palmer

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Helen Johnson Palmer, 94, of Evanston, Ill. Devoted wife for 61 years of the late Robert Wayne Palmer; loving mother of Nancy (Steve Rothman) of Arlington, Mass. and David (Geralyn Emmerich) Palmer...

Get ready for some outdoor music in the park with Sand Dollar Sessions

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment, News

Boca Grande Charities will host its second free outdoor concert on Wednesday, Dec. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center. This year’s Sand Dollar Session, “Laying Down the Music,”...

CHEC to host fundraiser focusing on the importance of native plants

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

Join Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center (CHEC) on January 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. for a fundraising event which includes a lecture by Dr. Craig Huegel on “The Importance of Native Plants” at Cedar...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Englewood Bank & Trust accepting ‘Toys for Tots’

To the Editor: Kevin Hagan, president of Englewood Bank & Trust, announced that the bank is collecting new unwrapped toys for “Toys for Tots,” and clothes for children ages newborn to two years...

EDITORIAL: Sometimes there’s a little bit of justice

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If the names Michael Wenzel, Robert Lee Benac and Spencer Heintz mean anything to you, you’ve probably heard that they were recently arrested by the Florida Fish and...

OBITUARY: Jane Peacock Kirkbride

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Harriette (Jane) Peacock Kirkbride died peacefully on December 3, 2017 at Shell Point in Ft. Myers, Fla. She was born on February 18, 1923 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and was a former resident of New...

PROFILE: Robert Domke

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY SUE ERWIN – Robert Domke has been spending summers in Southwest Florida since he was 10 years old. His grandparents lived in Englewood, and when school let out each year, his parents would...