Tag: Boca Beacon

Come celebrate Lighthouse Day this Saturday

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Visitors to Gasparilla Island State Park will have the rare opportunity to tour the lamp room at the top of the Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse on April 16. The Barrier...

Range Light update: Donations up to $725,000, but still a long way to go

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Larry Hannah, chair of the Gasparilla Island Light fundraising effort, reported that donations have reached $725,000 in cash and pledges. That’s still well short of the project...

GIBA discusses updates, special requests at engineering meeting

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Construction status updates, vibration analysis reports and a special request were on the agenda for The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Engineering Committee meeting held on...

Clinic events raise more than $350,000

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Health Clinic had an exciting two days last week, as their annual fundraising festivities began with a quarterly meeting on Thursday, April 7 (see page 20 for...

PROFILE: Jim Benson

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE & JIM BENSON Jim Benson may be a young man, but his passion for life and his work ethic run deep. That’s not to say he’s a guy who can’t have a good time – he definitely can...

Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce to hold April Mixer next Wednesday

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce will host an April Mixer on Wednesday, April 13 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at their office, located at 471 Park Avenue in the Pink Pony...

Bike Florida to bring 500 cyclists to Boca Grande on April 14

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Approximately 500 cyclists will be spinning down Gasparilla Road on Thursday, April 14. But don’t be alarmed – precautions have been well planned out, and the event shouldn’t...

Educational summit features educational celebrities

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN At an educational summit held on Tuesday, April 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center, some of the nation’s top educators gathered with islanders to talk about new trends and...

GICIA begins to unveil plans for The Preserve

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has an insert in this week’s Beacon to acknowledge and thank the many, many donors who have supported our...

Iguana millage to increase, bidding process to begin soon

April 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Iguana hunting taxes are going up by 0.102 percent, but iguana numbers are definitely going down. At an annual meeting of the MTSBU advisory committee for Gasparilla...