Tag: Boca Beacon

Welcome kit aims to keep the island and its community safe and healthy

BY MARK DRISCOLL, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC- You can feel a change in the air. The days start getting shorter. Temperatures become more moderate. Winter season is just around the corner. And with...

B-ball and birds: It’s the 2020 Hoop Shoot!

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT- The Boca Grande Community Center’s 17th Annual Turkey Hoop Shoot Contest, sponsored by the Boca Beacon and Lee County Parks & Recreation, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21. The...

A new and different look at the Christmas Walk this year: Golf cart decoration contest, Santa, shopping and more

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT- This year’s downtown Christmas festivities are a bit different, but that should come as no surprise. All you need to do is come to the business district on Saturday, Nov. 28, follow...

Safe cooking for holiday gatherings

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- The community has taken precautions to ensure the safety of the public, so the last thing you want to do at a time like this is make your family sick from an overly thawed or...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: They are at it again! Suncoast Humane Society is building the future

To the Editor: Long term Suncoast Humane Society supporters, Elsa and Peter Soderberg, take on the invaluable role of Capital Campaign Chairs to champion the successful build of an...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lee County offers tips on holiday disposal and recycling

To the Editor: Lee County Solid Waste has tips for residents for the 2020 holiday season so you can recycle, know what can be repurposed, and also know what needs to go in the trash bin. Lee...

Obituary: Trissy Lomax

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Anne-Tristram “Trissy” Holt Lomax, 86, died Saturday Oct. 31, 2020 in Placida, having lived a full and vivacious life.

Obituary: Kathy Horner

November 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Katharine Saunders Davidson Horner, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Richmond, Va., surrounded by her family.

Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board vetoes approval of National Register of Historic Places nomination 4-2

November 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE- The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board voted 4-2 against supporting a nomination for a portion of the Boca Grande residential historic district to be placed on the National...

Let’s make masks go viral

November 13, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Health & Wellness

BY LAUREN HANA MD, BGHC- If you’re like me, many of you may remember the shampoo commercial from the 1970s, in which one young girl (actually, Heather Locklear) told two friends how great her...