Tag: Boca Beacon

Memorial Day weekend not kind to island sea turtles

May 29, 2015
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE Island sea turtle patrollers were full of excitement on Thursday, May 28 when they realized they had their first confirmed green turtle nest on Gasparilla Island. “We’ve...

More indicators of booming economic recovery

May 29, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Shown in the two accompanying charts, mid-year tourist tax collections for Lee County (through March) have already surpassed FY10/11’s, not including late payments for that year. Lee County...

Anglers and artists make for a great combination during Tarpon Festival Weekend in downtown Boca Grande

BY CARROLL SWAYZE Excitement is brewing as anglers and artists alike prepare for the 2015 Tarpon Festival in downtown Boca Grande on June 4 through 6. Each year thousands of people travel to...

Obituary: Virginia Jeane Wilber

May 29, 2015
Boca Beacon
News, Obituaries

Virginia Jeane “Shay” Wilber, born in Albany, N.Y. on October 7, 1979 to the parents of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Wilber III, died unexpectedly at home on May 20, 2015. Shay grew up in Oneonta,...

Profile: The new minister in town, Matthew Williams

May 29, 2015
Boca Beacon
News, Profiles

BY JACK SHORT Sometimes it takes a few knocks at the door before someone finally answers. For Rev. Matthew Morgan Williams, the new pastor at the United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, the...

BGIPOA and 5F sued over settlement agreement

May 22, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Twenty five years of dispute seemed to have been put aside — at least for a day or so. The ink was barely dry on an agreement between the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association...

Studying tarpon with … balloons?

May 22, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT Scientists from the Florida Institute of Technology hope everyone fishing the pass next week won’t be alarmed by the presence of an eight foot balloon floating 150 feet in the...

Observers needed for World’s Richest

May 22, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY LEW HASTINGS In case you were wondering what those beautiful tarpon posters all around town are, they are there to let you know that Southwest Florida’s premiere sport fishing event, the...

Agreement between BGI and TSI reached

May 22, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT A court ordered mediation has resolved 25 years of dispute between property owners on Three Sisters Island and in the Boca Grande Isles. The agreement provides the right to...

A trip to Belize to study tarpon … are you in?

May 22, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY ADAM MARTON, THE FIELDWORKERS CLUB This August a small group of anglers from all over the USA will be traveling to the Caribbean to participate in the Belize Tarpon Tagging Expedition, a...