Tag: Boca Beacon

Three Sisters variance meeting set for May 30

May 26, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Representatives for the Three Sisters Homeowners Association, Inc. will hold a public informal session to explain the variance request submitted to Lee County under VAR2017-00005....

Community rallies to support Bylaska family

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE More than $10,000 has been raised by the generous people of Boca Grande and beyond to help to support Capt. Jackie Bylaska and his wife, Sandy, after Jackie suffered a stroke on...

Placida paving project to continue through 2018

■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve commuted to Englewood from the island recently, you’ve certainly noticed it’s taking more time than usual. The $13.4 million construction project along Placida Road in Cape...

Profile: Travis Joiner

May 26, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN If he isn’t taking a group of anglers out to fish, heading out crabbin’ with his family or serving as first mate for many well-known local captains, Travis Joiner is sure to be...

Memorial Day weekend marine life reminder

■ SUBMITTED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM The sun is out, the weather is warm, and it is the perfect time of year for boating in Southwest Florida’s coastal waters. Mote Marine...

OBITUARY: Lowell Emerson Bell

Lowell Emerson Bell, 82, of Wade, N.C., a Boca Grande native, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Lowell was born to Angelo and Myrtle Padilla Bell on January 10, 1935 at the south end of the...

New book announced by BGHS

To the Editor: Announcing a new book available at the Boca Grande History Center, 170 Park Avenue on the corner of Park & Banyan Street, entrance in back. “Once Upon an Island, Snapshots of...

Our sweet Miss Dee: 1941-2017

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If Louise du Pont Crowninshield could be called “the fairy godmother of Boca Grande,” Dee Wheeler could most certainly be called “the mom of Boca Grande.” There is not...

Catching quicksilver in the 2017 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament

May 19, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The seas were rockin’ and rollin’ for the 2017 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament (and there may have been a little inadvertent chumming going on), but there were still 28...

The Colonel came to catch some tarpon

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Capt. Mark Futch has taken a lot of people out fishing lately … a whole lot … but one client earlier this week was a little more special to him than most. He was lucky...