Tag: Boca Beacon

Will the real lens please step forward?

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SHARON MCKENZIE, BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY – While researching the original lens for Gasparilla Island Light, it came to our attention that there are several viewpoints on what was the...

Hey kids, it’s time to fish this Saturday!

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Lee County Parks & Recreation and the Boca Beacon have teamed up once again to bring you a youth fishing tournament this Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Boca Grande Fishing Pier...

Royal Palm Players, Kids’ Drama Club performance this Friday

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – Catch a glimpse of the youngest stars on the island at a performance this Friday at the Boca Grande Community Center. Royal Palm Players will present “Hats Off to You,” a fun...

Lights out, holes filled in, beach furniture picked up for turtle season

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Soon you’ll begin seeing the telltale signs of another sea turtle season. The unmistakable tracks in the sand, turtle patrollers fanning out across our beaches and the familiar yellow stakes are...

GIWA pleased to report island water passed all federal & state requirements

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY BONNIE PRINGLE, GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION – Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. (GIWA) is pleased to present to you this year’s Annual Drinking Water Quality...

Journey’s End: The history of an island home

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Submitted by the BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Journey’s End was a house and group of cottages accessed from 18th Street. One of the earliest homes built on the beach, it survives today but has...

Beware the oxymoron, my son!

To the Editor: As a proud homeowner and winter resident of Boca Bay for over 20 years, I found out from the letter to the Beacon by Skip Perry (April 29) that I am an ochlophobist. Well, I have...

Mote to research local sea turtles in quest for many answers

May 6, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

To the Editor: The official season for sea turtle nesting on the Gulf Coast of Florida begins May 1 and ends Oct. 31, but nesting turtles may be here sooner or hatch a little later. Mote Marine...

OBITUARY: William “Steve” Stephens Rinaldi Sr.

William “Steve” Stephens Rinaldi Sr., 78, of Tampa and Boca Grande, died at home February 4, 2016 surrounded by family.

Rescue crews searching for missing boater

April 29, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ By Sue Erwin A 62-year-old man who launched a boat at El Jobean ramp in Port Charlotte Thursday apparently became separated from the vessel sometime on Thursday evening. The boat was recovered...