Tag: Boca Beacon

Registration now open for the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble

August 26, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

If you’re interested in hitting the links at the Gasparilla Inn & Club’s Pete Dye-designed golf course, this is your VIP invitation to the Boca Grande Scramble Golf Tournament, scheduled for...

Man states swing bridge was closed to boat traffic, GIBA refutes accusation

August 26, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – The Boca Beacon received an anonymous call on Monday, August 22 from a man who complained that the Boca Grande Swing Bridge was closed to boat traffic on the afternoon of...

Letter to the Editor: Futch explains his airport authority run for election

To the Editor: I am Mark Futch, and I am asking for your vote for Charlotte County Airport Authority. This year’s electoral cycle is a call for change, nationally and locally. The entrenched...

Profile: Dean Laux

August 26, 2016
Staff Report
News, Profiles

BY SUE ERWIN – When you meet a man who’s been an educator, author, served our country, owned several businesses, defeated cancer and continues to spend several hours each week...

Obituary: John Norman Grant Quirk

August 26, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

John Norman Grant Quirk passed away surrounded by his wife and children on August 22, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. Grant was born in Montreal Quebec, Canada on February 26,...

EARS takes in Louisiana flood shelter dogs and cats, help is needed

August 26, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Marian Lutz stands outside EARS in Englewood with one of the Louisiana rescues. PHOTO BY CHRISTINE C BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Marion Lutz, the Director of the Englewood Animal Rescue Sanctuary...

Boca Grande Camera Club to focus on mentoring program, workshops and more meetings this year

August 26, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Boca Grande Camera Club committee members are busy planning an exciting season ahead. “We hope all current participants will renew their membership or join us as a new member,” said club...

Belcher residents ask, ‘Why move the ospreys?

August 19, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Seagate Development contractors are down at the southern tip of the island on the old FPL property almost every day now, getting ready for building to begin on the new housing...

Could boat, fishing ban become a reality for our sister islands?

August 19, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has its way, a new ban could be put in place that would not allow fishing and boating around some of our neighboring...

A Charlotte County guide to primary voting

August 19, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN As of Tuesday, Aug. 16, there were 125,715 active registered voters in Charlotte County, of which 55,163 were Republicans. There were 35,798 Democrats, and 34,754 people registered...