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Help protect nesting shorebirds: A message from BIPS

August 12, 2022
SUBMITTED BY THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY More than 80 different species of birds have been documented at Cayo Costa State Park. Many of these are shorebirds that can be found on most of ou…

Turtle Tracks: August 7, 2022

August 12, 2022
Each year, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Marine Turtle Program studies the life histories, population biology, ecology, behavior, and migrations of sea turtles. The…

HORTOONS

August 12, 2022
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Pets of the Week

August 12, 2022
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BOCASCOPES

August 12, 2022
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WRONG KEY

August 12, 2022
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: R.N. Lindsay Dalton 

August 11, 2022
There is a new face at the Boca Grande Health Clinic.  Say “hello” to the new registered nurse, Lindsay Dalton. Nurse Lindsay has been a part of the clinic staff for about a month and is excited t…

ON THIS DATE: A Boca Beacon Timeline

August 11, 2022
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO School was back in session, Bill Kunkler passed away, and pirates took over the Boca Grande Child Care Center. TEN YEARS AGO The Boca Grande United…

ECOWATCH:

August 11, 2022
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First the phone numbers change, now the Community Center hours … what’s next?

August 5, 2022
While they may seem like first-world problems to some, two changes to our daily life on Gasparilla Island are creating some confusion – the requirement of dialing the area code prior to placing a …