Tag: Gasparilla Island

Health Clinic announces new board members at annual meeting

May 11, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The year 2017 was a time of achievements for the Boca Grande Health Clinic. Three new board members were elected at the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s annual meeting held on April 12....

Profile: John Gibson

May 11, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Bay resident John Gibson started coming to the island in the 1980s, when the fish camp owned by CSX Railroad brought executives and locals together to catch their dinner. John’s...

May 13: Mother’s Day freebie at Mote Aquarium

To the Editor: This Mother’s Day, treat your mom to a fun-filled day at Mote Aquarium. Come SEA all the animals, learn about the oceans they call home, and make memories that will last a...

Why are we putting up with this Post Office practice?

To the Editor: Several years ago I wrote, and the Beacon published, a letter critical of our Post Office and some of its practices. In that article I highlighted their handling of mail which...

How Jane Carlson fell in love

To the Editor: My heart nearly broke upon reading Phil Snyder’ s (executive director of Suncoast Humane Society) article titled, “What about me?” in the Beacon on March 23. Yes, what about them,...

Fishery property sold once again, this time to island owners who want to keep it ‘to scale’

May 4, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

It may sound too good to be true, but it is: The Fishery property has been sold once again, and this time to a Boca Grande family. Cookie Potter-Feinberg and her husband, Jay Feinberg, closed...

Three Sisters saga continues as the camel’s nose gets in the tent

May 4, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There is an old proverb that says if a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow. Those are the words written as part of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari...

Fishing families take the stage, islanders in front of the camera and behind in ‘Mullet and Mangroves’

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 3 a new documentary on barrier island life had its debut on local television stations, and it featured several familiar faces and places. But don’t worry...

Young pilot visits family in Boca Grande, fishes for tarpon for the first time

May 4, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – Purdue University graduate student Wesley Major came to visit Boca Grande for the first time in April. His aunt and uncle, Jerry and Carol Rainey, have a home on Tarpon...