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Shifting sands on the Gulf
Across the island, sand deposited inland has gone back out on the beach. With the tides from each day, they are quickly m…
Give a Boca Beacon Christmas gift
A gift that keeps on giving. It’s that time of year when we give gifts to people we love and appreciate. What better gift…
Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 8
The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, sponsored by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m.
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Boca Grande preschool update
Alternative temporary sites are being considered for the Boca Gran…
Disaster Fund now at $3.4 million; island biz, orgs get counsel
The Island Disaster Fund has already given $1.8 million away to ai…
Winds help keep red tide at bay
Experts are still watching red tide, but with winds, and cooler weather, the area may escape a bad season.
The Calusa …
Gasparilla Magazine offers falconry, palmettos and Mackle brothers
The new November/December edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipe…
Temp cocktail sign unshaken by storm
A celebratory reinstallation of The Temptation sign on Park Avenue on Tuesday. From left, co-owners Jeffrey Simmons, Andy…
Bridge reviews long list of repairs at Engineering Committee meetup
In a long-term list of things that needed to be fixed after double hurricanes, the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority had…
Storm debris update, back to residential cleanup
Lee County surpassed the 200,000 cubic-yards-collected milestone for vegetative and construction debris in unincorporated…