Tag: Boca Beacon

Just over the bridge: The Boca Beacon holiday shopping guide part II

November 26, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

This week’s shopping guide feature will be the off-island businesses of Englewood and Placida. Now more than ever our small businesses need our support, and we are blessed to have some truly...

… and the 2021 GIFT Tournament winners are …

November 26, 2021
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

Congratulations to the boys on Capt. Mark Becton’s boat, as they were the winners of the 2021 Gasparilla Island Fly-fishing Tournament! It was held on Tuesday, Nov. 23, and $2,700 was raised for...

Buying Bitcoin in Boca Grande just got easier

November 26, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

The next time you’re in downtown Boca Grande, stop by Gasparilla Outfitters and Special Effects to get a glimpse of the future. Capt. Sandy and Robin Melvin have the first Bitcoin DCM, (digital...

Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hold their first official gatherings of the season

November 26, 2021
Staff Report
Community, News

Englewood Invitational Thanksgiving Art Festival back again in new location

November 26, 2021
Staff Report
Entertainment, News

The Annual Englewood Invitational Thanksgiving Art Festival, organized by local artist Carroll Swayze, is slated for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a new location –...

EDITORIAL: Lake O update – We made a difference!

November 26, 2021
Guest Columnist
Editorial, News

Over the past several months many of you joined me in voicing our displeasure with the future management plan for Lake Okeechobee, known as LOSOM. Last spring, the Army Corps of Engineers offered...

EDITORIAL: We say goodbye, and thank you, to Jungle Joe

November 26, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

They say that everyone is expendable, when it comes to a job. No matter how well you do it, how long you’ve been there, whether there’s no one else there who even remotely has a clue as to how to...

Let’s savor lasting memories of a Thanksgiving Day

November 20, 2021
Delores Savas
Columns

EcoWatch &n...

What happened to Joe? Parks & Rec director resigns after two decades of service

November 20, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

Heads were exploding and hearts were breaking this week as word slowly trickled out that Joe “Jungle Joe” Wier, an employee of Lee County Parks and Recreation for more than 20 years, was no longer...

Army Corps of Engineers makes decision on basic plan of Lake O outflow … and not all agree

November 20, 2021
T Michele Walker
News

BY T MICHELE WALKER AND MARCY SHORTUSE – After years of research by the United States Army Corps of Engineers a decision was announced this week that Lake Okeechobee runoff would be headed...