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From The Island School … ’tis Bubble Day!

November 4, 2022
Guest Columnist
Education

By Donna Catanzarite Fifth-grade students at The Island School have been busy investigating physical science. Through a variety of hands-on...

OBITUARY: Nancy Ellen Pais

November 4, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Nancy Ellen Pais of Oxford, Michigan and Boca Grande passed away peacefully at home on October 22, 2022. At the time of her passing she found comfort in being at her beloved farm in Oxford,...

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THIS WEEK IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO Final Hurricane Irma debris pickups were complete as anglers were busy tying flies and getting ready for the GIFT tournament. TEN YEARS AGO A...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bzzzzzzz … bzzzzzz … are you tired of it?

To the Editor: Let’s talk mosquitoes. I’d tell you my phone is ringing off the hook, but our office phones are still out more than they are working. With that said, I am getting a lot of emails...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: He stayed, then wrote a very accurate description of the event

To the Editor: September 28, 2022 will go down in infamy and will be remembered for some years to come. Ian was almost a 100-year storm, or close to it. The landfall over the island was slow...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I’m fine

To the Editor: Someone asked me last week, “How are you doing?” The pat answer is “I’m fine.” I’m not really. I’m better than most. But there’s just something that’s not right, not...

Company is coming on Saturday: Welcome to our disaster area!

October 28, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

We’ve got power and internet outages, a cell phone tower lodged in our bakery, piles of debris clogging our side streets and more piles along the main road, beach accesses that are closed and a...

South Beach is coming back! And if all goes well it could be soon, too

October 28, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

Bart DeStefano and Marco Meola, owners of South Beach Bar & Grille, have announced they will be coming back bigger and better than ever, maybe even in the next couple of months. Of...

Tips to voting in next week’s election

October 28, 2022
Sheila Evans
News

Hurricane Ian has not been able to stop our democratic processes, but it has blown them around somewhat. Since a number of polling places have been damaged or destroyed, registered voters in Lee...