Tag: Boca Grande

A new place to look to find local happenings

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- Our Boca Beacon website has a new calendar! The event amenity widget labeled “What’s Going On?” on our homepage highlights some upcoming activities. The “Local Events” tab will...

Catholic Church expansion plan moving along

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE- The expansion project at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is moving along, and a public meeting was held online on Thursday, June 18, regarding an application to allow the...

COVID numbers hit record high in Florida

STAFF REPORT- Social distancing is more important than ever now, as the state of Florida saw its highest day of reported cases – coming in at 5,508 new positive COVID-19 cases and 44 new reported...

Underground utility services continue to install protective pipes

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- Just off the edge of Gulf Boulevard, trucks and giant pipe wheels have lined the street. Underground Utility Services has been installing pipes beneath the roadside soil. It’s...

Osprey pole replacement pending for south end

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- Seagate Development Group has confirmed that the Hill Tide Estates pier reconstruction is to be completed in the upcoming months while the project continues to develop. The...

A tribute to World Oceans Day: The Plastic Problem

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY STEVIE KIM-RUBELL- In honor of World Oceans Day and Capitol Hill Oceans Week, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Youth Ambassador Stevie Kim-Rubell wrote an essay on the Unites States’ recycling...

The importance of filling in the holes: Volunteers work tirelessly to save people and turtles from danger on the beach

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE- Just recently, a group of volunteers spent part of their day on the beach at 22nd Street filling in a large hole that had been dug. It measured approximately 15 feet across and...

June 26, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT- The importance of completing the 2020 Census is especially clear today as the community responds to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating in the Census now ensures...