Tag: Boca Beacon

The Crackers and the Yankees duke it out in book by local gardening guru

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY SUE ERWIN Sitting in his summer home near Asheville, North Carolina, Boca Grande seasonal resident Edd Dean wrote a book called “The Secret Fortune.” The fictional book is about Boca...

Monitoring storms on Gasparilla Island: What’s the best way?

January 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Saturday, Jan. 9 an EF2 tornado with winds upward of 130 mph tore across Cape Coral and left up to 10,000 people with property damage and without power. January in...

Cleaning those closets? Need to simplify?

To the Editor:If you’re cleaning those closets and realize you have too much stuff, consider donating no-longer-needed items to the United Methodist Women’s Strawberry Festival, to be sold to...

Reader takes issue with ‘Ponzi scheme’ comparison

To the Editor: According to Wikipedia, a Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation in which the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new...

Obituary: James Harrison Stanton

James Harrison Stanton, 98, of Boca Grande passed away from a heart attack while in his home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. He was an active, generous man devoted to his wife, Lucy, for 73...

Profile: Priscilla Masselink

BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Priscilla Masselink grew up in Maine and moved to the island with her husband, Mark, in 2012. She met Mark while attending college in North Carolina,...

It’s the north vs. the south Who will you root for on Monday?

January 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Dabo Nick BY MARCY SHORTUSE Two of Boca Grande’s finest will be down on the football field this Monday at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona for a game that...

A big moment in island history … the bridge is open!

January 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN An historic moment was commemorated Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 p.m., when the new swing bridge opened to traffic for the first time. Both lanes on the bridge were open to...

GICIA announces $250K match challenge by island family

January 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is extremely pleased and encouraged by the outpouring of support toward the purchase of the...

Historic Board rules Palm Avenue home as not historic

January 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
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BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held a public meeting on Wednesday. More than 40 residents attended. A request to expand an approved rehabilitation of 920 Palm...