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Nope, it’s not a coconut

April 27, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

Island beachgoer finds something a bit unusual Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day. It was on Tuesday last week that Artist Lisa McQueen was kicked back at her favorite beach...

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Your weekly red tide report

April 27, 2023
Boca Beacon
News

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in three...

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Celebration of Life for Stuart Hoeckel announced

April 27, 2023
Staff Report
Obituaries

A Celebration of Life will be held for Stuart Hoeckel on Saturday, May 6 from 7:30 p.m. until sunset at Stump Pass Marina on Maryland Avenue in Grove City. That will be followed by an evening...

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Celebration of Life for Elsie Bracken announced

April 27, 2023
Staff Report
Obituaries

A Celebration of Life for Elsie Bracken will be held on Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community House. Light refreshments will be served.

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PETS OF THE WEEK

Boca Beacon backpages

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IT’S GONE

The Whispering Bench has been demolished as of this morning at 10:45 a.m. People started making phone calls at about 7 a.m. this Saturday morning, April 22. “It’s...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Regarding 161/181 Gilchrist

To the Editor: Regarding 161/181 Gilchrist Avenue: As I said at the meeting, “When Mrs. Crowninshield’s hand-carved coral bench met its’ demise by a sledgehammer and was thrown...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks to the community

Dear Boca Bay and Boca Grande friends, I want to say THANK YOU for all of the support that you have shown me as I have discovered my cancer diagnosis and started to undergo treatment. I have...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island resident thanks BGHPB for Gilchrist Avenue decision

To the Editor: It was nice to know that five rows of legal representatives and assorted experts did not carry the day on April 12 when the Historic Preservation Board met to hear proposals...

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OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken

Elsie Selden Bracken, 90, died April 15, 2023, peacefully at home in Boca Grande, FL. She was born in North Carolina. She lived in Sarasota and later moved to Boca Grande, in 1978. She was...

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