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For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Blaze” is leading, according to leaderboard results.  T…

Locals have alerted the Boca Beacon to a number of possibly derelict boats off of Gasparilla Island. In recent weeks, at th…

The state of Florida has a robust program for derelict boats. During recent hurricanes, there were hundreds of boats in…

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN Tarpon season continues in full swing. Ther…

“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has…

Happy VanBeuren and Cotton Hanley visited the Suncoast Humane Society in Englewood for a tour of the new campus which is un…

BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD Editor’s Note: Van Hubbard’s column Hook, Line and Sinker appeared in the Beacon beginning in 1988…

The 2024 sea turtle nesting season for Gasparilla Island runs through October 31. Here are some sea turtle season “Do’s and…

Running for a local office on Gasparilla Island is sometimes more complicated than one might expect. Because there are two…

Charlotte County Transit has scheduled two workshops to solicit public input on its transit development plan. The worksh…