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Fun with numbers for this new year, A.D. 2025

It’s all in the numbers. Who doesn’t enjoy a date with a good number? Was your date a good number? That’s what we get next…

Boca Grande history: White House florist visits and a lizard hunt fail, plus MerCabo

Brief news from this date in the archives of the Boca Beacon: FIVE YEARS AGO A bicyclist took a fall on the Boca Gran…

Push a pole, watch the birds, grasp opportunity in 2025

We celebrate the birth of Christ, Christmas and welcome a New Year. 2024 was tough on most of us and I’m looking forward…

Lights of Boca Grande, 2024, by Matt Gutman

Here, views of the Christmas lights of Boca Grande. Photos by Boca B…

Christmas Eve at Lighthouse United Methodist Church

At Lighthouse United Methodist Church, Christmas Eve came with a nat…
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William V.P. Newlin, 1933-2024

William V.P. Newlin died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Northwest Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2024. He was 91…

Maxine Hunter, 1930-2024

With a natural zest for life and all of its blessings, Maxine Morrison Hunter’s love of family and her never ending thirst…
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Crossan Seybolt, who leads board of Barrier Island Parks

Who? What? Where? When? Why? These five questions help guide the decisions Crossan Seybolt makes every day. The decision ma…
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Farmer’s Market returns Jan. 3, on the Bayou

The Farmer’s Market will have a temporary location in town, on the Boca Grande Bayou near The Pink Elephant. The Bayou Aven…

History: Early schemes to sell lots in a town with nothing ‘garish or artificial’

By James Blaha, BGHC In 1925, a former real estate company promoted Boca Grande with the following advertisement: “Boca…