Tag: Boca Beacon

Editor’s note: We will miss you, Sam

July 17, 2015
Boca Beacon
Editorial

Many of you are aware that Sam Samsonov, a toll tender with the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority for 30 years, is no longer at the booth. There has been a flood of responses on social media...

Want to see some Boca Grande Independence Day fun?

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

We had another amazing Independence Day, and wanted to share some of our photos from the fireworks and the golf cart parade. If you’d like to see them, go to our website,...

Another island mother lost: Louise Bowe to be laid to rest this weekend

July 10, 2015
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

BY MARCY SHORTUSE We lost another one of our island mothers on Sunday, July 5, as Louise Bowe slipped away from congestive heart failure. Other than for a few years her entire life was spent on...

Boca Grande, made famous once again … this time for sharks

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE AND JACK SHORT We’ve been famous before for having one of the most expensive zip codes, and for having some of the best beaches. We’ve got celebrity status for many reasons...

Beaconcam is up and running!

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Remember back in the day when you used to be able to go to our website and watch the world go by in downtown Boca Grande? Those days are here again, my friends, because the Boca Beacon webcam is...

Friends of Cape Haze vs. Charlotte County may not go to hearing

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT A dispute between Charlotte County and nonprofits Sierra Club and Friends of Cape Haze that originated prior to 2011 may be resolved at the next board of county commissioners’...

Local teen almost serves up a trifecta of holes-in-one

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE You’ll want to remember the name Gabriella Vetter. She’s only a teenager now, but give her a few years and she might be playing in the Masters’ Golf Tournament. You actually...

Crawford takes top art honors, exhibits at YoungArts Invitational

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Catrina Maria Crawford, granddaughter of Linda and Bob Edic from Boca Grande and daughter of Darlene Edic Crawford, recently graduated from Dreyfoos School of the Arts High School in West Palm...

Go to the beach? This survey’s for you

To the Editor: If you visit Florida’s beaches, your feedback can help Mote Marine Lab scientists enhance their real-time Beach Conditions Reporting System (BCRS). Florida residents and visitors...

Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum

To the Editor: Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets records every day for how long we know manatees can live. That fact has now been documented by the Guinness World Records. He...