Tag: Boca Beacon

LBC supports expansion of Florida Forever Project

To the Editor: The Lemon Bay Conservancy (LBC) is a 501(c) 3 charitable land trust operating successfully in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed since 1972. LBC is pleased to provide this letter of...

GIBA gives notice: Traffic patterns to change this week on bridge

May 31, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

The final paving on the north side of the new bridge of the Boca Grande Causeway will be happening Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week. There will be one lane traffic and at various times...

This Memorial Day, consider helping this WW II veteran meet his goal

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – The GoFundMe account to help send a Veteran to the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 2016, has grown to nearly $1,000 in the past 16 days. Help is still needed to...

Chamber announces new officers, dates for Ladies Day and WRTT announced

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Madame President Candy Brooks The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that new officers were elected at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 25, and that dates for the 2017 Ladies...

World’s Richest thanks given to many

To the Editor: The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce wants to thank everyone who participated in, sponsored, donated to or volunteered for the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament 2016. We all had...

Kids Classic to be held June 4 … it’s not too late to sign up!

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT – The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic roster is filling up fast, with 29 boats signed up so far to fish the world’s great kids’ fishing tournament. There is still time to get...

Manatees ‘making merry’ leave beachgoers concerned

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Photo by Cheri Castillo ■ BY SUE ERWIN – Boca Grande resident Tom Shaffer was taking his regular morning stroll on the beach around 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 when he noticed a peculiar group...

Cars in the trees, a battery and a theft reported

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT – The sheriff’s office activity log for the island has been a little busier lately, with a vehicle accident, an assault and a theft reported recently. On Friday, May 13...

Lemon Bay soccer star with island ties keeps going strong

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN – Stephanie Tieu is a rising senior at Lemon Bay High School, and she’s been an avid soccer player for the past 14 years. She currently plays forward for the Lemon Bay Manta...

Profile: Betty Hill

May 27, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN – Betty Hill distinctly remembers arriving in Boca Grande for the first time in 1955. It was a time when there was, quite literally, nothing here with the exception of about...