Tag: Boca Beacon

Range Light update from BIPS

November 4, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY JIM GRANT OF THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY – The Barrier Island Parks Society announced this week that restoration of our Gasparilla Island Light (GIL) is proceeding on...

Your weekly road paving update …

November 4, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC will be working on Gasparilla Road for the next three weeks, widening shoulders and repaving. Lane closures are set for one-lane traffic only throughout the...

Letter to the Editor: Last call to get early ballots dropped off in Lee County

To the Editor: The deadline to request to vote by mail has now expired. You can still drop your ballot off in person, however. Voted ballots must be physically returned (not just postmarked) to the...

Obituary: Bess Finch

Bess Finch, recent resident of Boca Grande, passed away on September 29, 2016, at her summer home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was born LewEllyn “Bess” Lundeen in Atlanta on February 25, 1929. She...

Profile: Steve Kaplan

BY SUE ERWIN – Steve Kaplan was on a short three-day vacation in Boca Grande four years ago with his wife, Jill. They were visiting his brother, who had a condo in Boca Bay, and they noticed...

Commissioners to vote on Gilchrist plan November 1

October 28, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Agenda item 26. That is the rather innocuous name of a precedent-setting topic of discussion for Lee County Commissioners on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Agenda Item 26 is Gilchrist...

Memorial service scheduled for Dr. Hank Wright

A memorial service for Dr. Hank Wright will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m., at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. Everyone is welcome. Dr. Wright passed away at his Boca Grande home on...

Gasparilla Inn & Club receives high marks from two top travel magazines

October 28, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

Gasparilla Inn General Manager Jon Reecher accepting The Inn’s Conde Nast award in New York City. For the first time ever The Gasparilla Inn & Club has been voted the No.1 Resort in...

All you need to know about our Boca Grande Halloween festivities

October 28, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Today is the last day to bring candy to the Boca Grande Community Center for the annual Halloween Carnival, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. Please bring one bag of...

Your weekly road construction update

October 28, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC is moving right along with road paving and widening, and this past week they started putting some shoulders on Gasparilla Road. According to Project Manager...