Tag: Boca Grande

Profile: Jack Carley

February 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN After graduating from college in 1962, Jack Carley had almost a year before entering officer candidate school, so he decided to drive to California to do some sightseeing and a...

A picture speaks a thousand words …

To the Editor: I had the opportunity to stop by the Smart Studios on Boca Grande last week to view their “Nature Protests” art exhibit in an effort to increase environmental awareness of what is...

Please understand the reason for the protest show

To the Editor: Please let me explain my actions regarding the protest art show I just hosted at my gallery. I have a problem, you see, a problem with pollution because I am an asthmatic. I can’t...

Many thanks for a fantastic Tennis Ball

To the Editor: If you were one of the nearly 200 guests who attended the Boca Grande Club’s 11th annual Tennis Ball, I know you had fun. It was another wonderful event that truly benefited the...

Much appreciation for bracelet found and returned

To the Editor: Thank you to the kind and honest person who found and returned my bracelet to the Community Center office. I never knew if it was valuable, but it was precious to me, as it belonged...

Let the light shine!

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT History will be made this Saturday, Feb. 9 as the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse will shine its light across the island for the first time since the fall of 2016. Everyone is invited...

Letters and more letters, and even a few more letters … It has become quite clear we need some post office answers

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In the last three weeks the Boca Beacon office has been flooded with letters, emails and other forms of communications regarding service at the Boca Grande Post Office. With...

Coffee with Jim L. from Mote Feb.13

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Join Mote Marine scientist Dr. Jim Locascio for “Coffee with a Scientist” at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in Mote’s Boca Grande Outreach Office located at 480 East Railroad Ave. in...

Alice Gorman to speak at the library about her novel – Valeria Vose

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN It started out as a memoir in the 1990s. Alice Gorman began to chronicle her life. More than two decades later, Gorman published her first novel, “Valeria Vose.” “I sent the...

Capt. Marian Schneider publishes novel, book signing planned

February 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Capt. Marian Schneider embarked on a journey 27 years ago and started Grande Tours, an ecotourism business just off island on Placida Road. Inspired by her father’s example and the...