Tag: Boca Beacon

GIBA re-elects Watkins as chair, talks financials at quarterly meeting

February 13, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – Ginger Watkins was re-elected as chairman and Drew Tucker was elected as vice chairman of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, when they held their quarterly board meeting...

Chamber announces details of World’s Richest, Ladies Day tournaments

February 13, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – There’s something lovely in the air this time of year, and we’ve been day-dreaming of our perfect date for long enough! The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to...

Last call for the Third Annual Boca Grande Film Festival: Drive-in Monday will officially begin five days of film festival fun

February 13, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – The Third Annual (but first-ever virtual) Boca Grande Film Festival will begin its five-day tribute to a diverse selection of films and documentaries, viewable through the...

Take an ‘Adventure in the Glades’ with Gail Cleveland

February 12, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

Spending a week in the swamp may not be everyone’s idea of a dream getaway to celebrate a BIG birthday, but for this artist it was paradise! According to artist Gail Cleveland, it was a...

LBHS theater production ‘She Loves Me’ A light ‘rom-com’ for the weekend

February 12, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Lemon Bay High School production of “She Loves Me” is the perfect rom-com musical to celebrate the Valentine’s Day holiday. The plot revolves around two shop owners...

A taste of Paris in Boca Grande: It’s time for some engagement chicken

February 12, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

Braden Perkins was born in New Orleans Louisiana and grew up in Boston. Braden worked for four years with celebrity chef Tom Douglas in Seattle. In 2011 Braden and his partner, Laura Adrian,...

PROFILE: Susan O’Brien

February 12, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY T MICHELE WALKER – It all started with a blank canvas; a blank canvas an estate built in 1670. “I’m from Sherborn, Massachusetts, where we lived for 35 years,” said Susan O’Brien, Boca...

OBITUARY: P.B. LaSalle

February 12, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Former Englewood resident, local author P. B. LaSalle passed away in Northeast Georgia on January 24, 2021. Ms. Pat LaSalle was a celebrated local author of two novels, “Run For Your Life” “Taken...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Do your part in the battle against the spiny-tail iguanas of the island

Dear readers: At the end of January Lee County sent out mailers regarding iguana eradication (see letter below). Please follow the instructions supplied in the letter and turn your form in, either...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks from ‘the guys’ from the art show

To the Editor: Thank you to the good people of Boca Grande. Your support and attendance at our recent THE GUYS SHOW was great. We especially want to thank the community for their response to our...