Tag: Boca Grande

Mote Marine launches new online game: ‘Who wants to be a Sea Star?’

■ PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE Do you love trivia? Mote Marine Laboratory recently launched a new online game called “Who Wants to be a Sea Star?” on mote.org. This game was originally created for...

Can you hear the school bells ringing? TIS students return to school

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ The Island School began their school year on Thursday, Aug. 10 with 60 students attending. There were Coleman boys in the reading tent, hugs all around for Head of School Jean Thompson and...

Historic Board approves two requests to renovate properties

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved two certificates of appropriateness at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9. The first item on the agenda was a request to...

BGCC wants you for upcoming season

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Camera Club is inviting you to take out your iPhones and cameras and take some photos over the summer. Entering its 10th year, the BGCC is looking forward to inviting...

Find a new wealth of Boca Grande history in Archival Research Center

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT New at the Boca Grande Historical Society is an Archival Research Center where individuals and organizations will be able in the near future to access the many materials the Society...

Most turtle nests survived Tropical Storm Emily

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The majority of sea turtle nests survived Tropical Storm Emily. Thankfully, reports from the turtle patrol front lines are very positive and the storm has not been as destructive as...

Beacon columnist publishes new book

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Dean Laux, who writes a bi-monthly column for the Boca Beacon titled “Remembrances,” has just completed a new book that was almost two years in the making: the true story of Werner...