May 2025

From The Section 22 HOA Board

• May 2025
• BY JERRY NEWMIN, VICE PRESIDENT

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Hurricane Season is Here Are you ready? Your hurricane season begins June 1 and ends...

Actors Needed! No Experience Necessary!

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Your local CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is hosting a drill in Burnt Store Marina...

Mark Your Calendar – Out and About

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Inside the Gates Dates • Thursday, May 1: Deadline for the June Beacon. Article and...

Resource Hub

• May 2025
• BY BY HOA /CONDO ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR PROPERTY MGMT COMPANIES

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Burnt Store Marina CC News

• May 2025
• BY JOHN ABBOTT, GENERAL MANAGER, BSMCC

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Now that May is here, and the season is ending, it is once again a...

BSM Donate a Tree A Living Tribute

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Golf Tips

• May 2025
• BY BILL CONNELLY, MANAGER OF GOLF OPERATIONS

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As the season here at BSMCC comes to an end, we would like to thank...

Fitness, Friends & Fun…Snowbirds Depart, New Chapter Begins at the Fitness Club

• May 2025
• BY CYNDI MATTHEWS

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As our seasonal residents return to their northern homes, the fitness club welcomes a period...

Platinum Point Yacht Club – A Place to Belong

• May 2025
• BY LORETTA STEEVES, DIRECTOR

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Members of Platinum Point Yacht Club (PPYC) often joke that the PPYC calendar is so...

Burnt Store Marina Dog Park

• May 2025
• BY BSM DOG PARK COMMITTEE

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The April photo opportunity fundraiser with the Easter bunny in Dog Park was a huge...

Bocce Buzz…That’s The Way We Roll!

• May 2025
• BY CAROLE ROMAINE, INDEPENDENT HOME OWNER

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The end of Bocce season has come We made many friends and had plenty of...

Dining Venues

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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LINKSIDE CAFÉ @ Burnt Store Marina C.C. 941-637-6405 | http://www.bsgac.org 23415 Vincent Ave, Punta Gorda...

Enjoying Your Walk

• May 2025
• BY JAN MCLAUGHLIN, FORMER BEACON EDITOR

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One morning a fellow walker stopped me and asked what the distance was around Prosperity...

Architectural Review Committee

• May 2025
• BY BARRY GROESCH, CHAIR

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Are you thinking about updating your home? Any changes to the exterior of residences in...

Rules for Driving Golf Carts

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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There has been some confusion about operating golf carts in Burnt Store Marina. Please be...

Blood Donation News

• May 2025
• BY ANN SINGER, ADMIRAL’S POINT

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Words cannot express our appreciation to the 44 volunteers who donated 40 units of blood...

Rules of the Road

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Sheriff’s Report – March 2025

• May 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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• 14 Speeding Warnings ○ 6 Residents ○ 8 Non-Residents • 19 Stop Sign Warnings...

Peace River Audubon Society (PRAS)

• May 2025
• BY RICK READ, BURNT STORE RESIDENT AND AUDUBON SOCIETY MEMBER

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The two most common doves in Burnt Store Marina are Mourning and White-winged Doves. We...

Tight Lines… The Bite is Finally On!

• May 2025
• BY JAY LEV, BURNT STORE ANGLERS

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Finally, the wind temperature and tides are in harmony, and the bait fish are moving...

Recipe Box

• May 2025
• BY JENNIFER LECLAIR, PELICAN WAY

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Hot Honey Baked Feta Honey baked feta is an easy appetizer that’s both savory and...

The Polka-Dot Wasp Moth on Your Oleanders

• May 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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Have you seen wasp-like insects on your oleanders? They are dark metallic blue, with a...

Gardener’s Wheelbarrow

• May 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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March in SW Florida should be clear, dry, sunny and getting warmer. Get ready to...

May Off-Beat Holidays and Adventures

• May 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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Hooray, hooray, the first of May! May is full of interesting and fun days. There...

Ruptured Lives: How Hitler’s Final Solution decimated my family and Stalin’s Iron Curtain tore it apart

• May 2025
• BY JARMILA TURNOVSKY, MARLIN RUN III

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From time-to-time, we love to introduce some of our local talent to the community. We’d...