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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 t…
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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 Grande Preschool after suffering major damage from Hurricanes…
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Disaster Fund now at $3.4 million; island biz, orgs get counsel

The Island Disaster Fund has already given $1.8 million away to aid…
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Winds help keep red tide at bay

Experts are still watching red tide, but with winds, and cooler weat…
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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, recipes…
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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 D…
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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 s…
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Storm debris update, back to residential cleanup

Lee County surpassed the 200,000 cubic-yards-collected milestone for vegetative and construction debris in unincorporated a…
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Boca Grande street repairs begin in December across island

Long list of fixes Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla Island will begin next week. Lee County has sent out…