This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO

One hundred locals participated in Paddle for Peace water excursion to the Boca Grande sandbar. The event was designed to steer people away from their phones and political frustration to experience a day on the water.

TEN YEARS AGO

GICIA completed ecological restoration of three single family lots owned by the GICIA Land Conservancy.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Capt. Sandy Melvin took the second win of the weekend as the team aboard Boca Blue brought home first place prize money in the first-ever Boca Grande Classic.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Lee County commissioners approved The Island School’s new building project. They also approved a one-year extension of the charter school’s current lease at the Community Center.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 

Governor Jeb Bush signed into law legislation setting 14 as the minimum age to operate a golf cart throughout the state.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

An artificial reef installed off the tip of the Cape Haze peninsula in Charlotte Harbor received complaints. 

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

The Lee County Historic Preservation Board unanimously ruled that Boca Grande was an official historic district.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Halprin proposed increasing the single-trip bridge toll rate by 30 cents to $3.50 to cover ongoing maintenance costs to the Boca Grande Bridge and Causeway.