Tag: Boca Beacon

Health Clinic Foundation to host Healthnetwork webinar

STAFF REPORT – More than 325 Boca Grande families carry a Healthnetwork Card with a phone number they can call to connect themselves and their family members with top specialists and medical...

Connie Mack presentation to be given by ‘Friends’

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – On Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m. Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center will host a livestream event, “Connie Mack, former Republican U.S. Senator.” The presentation is...

Mote Marine’s ‘Coffee with a Scientist’ begins again in 2021

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – Have a little science with your morning coffee on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. during a virtual event with Mote Marine Laboratory. Dr. Ryan Schloesser, Program Manager for...

Historic Preservation Board elects officers, discusses Johnson roof at monthly meeting

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Jerry Edgerton was elected to his second term as chair of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board Wednesday at the board’s monthly meeting in the Community Center...

Two new artists join old favorites for upcoming ‘Guys Art Show’

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Two artists new to Boca Grande will be joining favorites Johan Bjurman and John Mitchell Sr. as the men put on their masks and raise their brushes for the third annual Guys...

A Taste of Paris in Boca Grande: Exploring the delicacy that is Pommes Anna

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

Braden Perkins was born in New Orleans Louisiana and grew up in Boston. Braden worked for four years with celebrity chef Tom Douglas in Seattle. In 2011 Braden and his partner, Laura Adrian, opened...

OBITUARY: Robert Hudson

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Robert (Bob) Hudson of Orlando was reunited with his Creator, Lord and Savior on January 2, 2021, two weeks shy of his 89th birthday on January 19, 1943. Bob was the middle of three sons born to...

PROFILE: Meg Pierce

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – If you want to know what it’s like to plan a big party that no one will attend in person, ask Meg Pierce. Meg and her sister-in-law, Julia Pierce, plus a host of other...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Charlotte County residents, take heed of tax notice

To the Editor: The Charlotte County Property Appraiser wants to remind business and property owners that the deadline for filing 2021 tangible personal property tax returns is April 1, 2021. A...

LETTER TO THIS EDITOR: FDOH, Lee County announce opening of vaccine reservations this week

To the Editor: Florida Department of Health and Lee County Government announce opening of vaccine reservations this week The Florida Department of Health-Lee and Lee County government announced...