Tag: Gasparilla Island

Reader feels death on beach was mishandled

To the Editor: I just read your editorial column in the recent Boca Beacon. I too am appalled at the circumstances of handling that “death situation.” I am retired from a 40-year career in...

Thanks given for dissemination of Promenade information

To the Editor: My name is Mike Sheehan and my wife Kathy and I have been owners in the Boca Grande Club for 30+ years. I have never written to the Beacon before but after reading your editorial of...

Golf cart death to be ruled as accidental

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The death of a 40-year-old man in Boca Grande Isles will be ruled as an accidental traffic homicide, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Peer August Segelke, of...

BIPS, Mote to hold red tide forum

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Barrier Island Parks Society and Mote Marine Laboratory are pleased to host our second red tide forum on January 10, 2020 at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium from 2 p.m....

Boca Grande Health Clinic rings in New Year with a new look and much more

■ MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re planning on coming down to the island soon, or are already here after a long spell of being elsewhere, you’re going to find that some big changes have taken place at the...

GICIA announces Mercabo Preserve tour dates

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is excited to announce the 2020 dates for the Mercabo Preserve Site Tours. The five tours held in 2019 were...

Laurie’s Pantry offers gourmet granola at the Friday markets

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN It all started eight years ago with a single bag of raisin nut granola. After hours and hours in the kitchen testing recipes and hosting granola-tasting parties with friends, Laurie...

Retape that grip and warm up those knees, the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic is approaching

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The 2020 annual Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic sponsored by the Boca Beacon will be held from January 25 through February 8. This tournament is open to all area residents and...

Boca Grande stars ‘beg’ for your help in ‘Rescue Me, too!’

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The excitement is building. The fur is flying. And 30 of Boca Grande’s most talented stars are busy rehearsing for this year’s musical review, “Rescue Me, Too!” On January 10 and...

Firefighters making a plan to benefit the Firefighter Benevolent Fund

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Police & Fire

■ STAFF REPORT The firefighters at the Boca Grande Fire Department are “firing up the grill” to host a BBQ rib luncheon in the fire truck bay to benefit the Boca Grande Firefighter Association...