Tag: Boca Beacon

Winner, winner – a French-themed dinner! Island residents reap benefits of 2019 Strawberry Festival winnings

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Ooh, la la! That is what guests had to say as they entered the Lavender Bistro on Pilot Street Friday evening. The Bistro, also known as the home of Dennis and Marsy Doan, was...

(You don’t read this headline every day) History Bytes begins the season with a stripping Pilgrim

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Not one, but two, speakers were at the first installment of the History Bytes program held on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Johann Fust Community Library, and both were...

Grande Glee performance to usher in beginning of Film Fest

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – It’s the night before the Boca Grande Film Festival officially begins, Tuesday, Feb. 18, a night when islanders gather in their golf carts to enjoy a night at the Drive-In,...

Take your ‘Leading Lady’ to RPP production for Valentine’s weekend

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Tickets are selling quickly for the next Royal Palm Players’ production, “Leading Ladies.” Starring some of the most beautiful, brilliant and not-so-bashful ladies on the...

Island author Roger Howe will give ‘Farm Kid’s Journey’ presentation at Fust

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Island author Roger Howe will give a presentation in the Johann Fust Library Loggia on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. Roger Howe’s memoir, “A Farm Kid’s Journey,” is more than a...

What’s that in the sky? Why, it’s a Jungle Penetrator!

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were wondering why there was so much helicopter activity over the south end of the island this week, it was due to a combined water rescue training for island Lee...

OBITUARY: Richard ‘Dick’ Meister

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Richard T. (Dick) Meister, 100, a longtime resident of Waite Hill, Ohio and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2020. Dick was a true gentleman with a lasting legacy. Born February...

PROFILE: David Sparks

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

BY SUE ERWIN – Island author David Sparks knows a thing or two about political science, congressional campaigns and writing novels that amuse young adults. In 2018, David wrote a book called...

Community planning group answers residents’ questions at introductory meeting

January 31, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A name that hasn’t hit the headlines in a very, very long time is back, as the Boca Grande Community Planning Association met again on Monday, Jan. 27. Chairman Peter...

Johnson’s attorney files countermotion in ‘rocks’ suit

January 31, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The case of the 3rd Street rocks continues, as council for local historian Robert Johnson has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, or motion for more definite...