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EDITORIAL: Want to know why people are against the nomination to the National Historic Register? Here’s why
The National Register of Historic Places topic has been beaten into the ground since it began last year. No one knows thi…
Hudson’s Grocery would-be counterfeiter to stand trial in federal court
The Sarasota man arrested for attempting to use counterfeit money at a Hudson’s Grocery on May 18 has had his case moved …
Boca Beacon/Gasparilla Island Magazine staff rock the BWN/Charley awards
The Boca Beacon staff traveled to the Sarasota Westin on Friday, July 16 for the Florida Press Association Better Weekly …
Sunglasses aren’t all the same: Choose wisely, your eyes depend on it
Recently I made a trip to California to see our children and grand…
Time is running out to present objections to National Register of Historic Places nomination
The Department of State cannot request the listing of the Boca Gra…
A study in sea cow mortality for 2021 shows a disturbing picture
The death toll for the first half of 2021 is greater than it was in the entirety of previous years
While natural selec…
Profile: Capt. Chad Bombenger
The first Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle was given out the year after he passed away, in 1993. The buckle is engraved wi…
Croquet is the game of the day during a hot Boca Grande summer
BY T MICHELE WALKER – Croquet is believed to have been first played by thirteenth-century French peasants who fash…
From the archives: A history of Boca Grande churches
In a 1984 Boca Beacon, the late Carey Johnson covered the origin of two of the oldest Island churches and the early famili…
OBITUARY: William Regnery
William Henry Regnery II of Boca Grande, Florida died peacefully at home on July 2 , surrounded by his loving family. Will…