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Take advantage of the low tide, and chilly water

Several people have asked me about our extremely low tides recently. I’ll try to help you understand what creates them. Fir…

This date in the Boca Beacon: First burglary on island

FIVE YEARS AGO David Futch was the featured speaker at a Boca Grande Historical Society event on the old days of Boca Gr…

Subsidiarity and the noisy leaf blower

The United States is living in two worldviews these days. As the late Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams would say, we are each…
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Preschool Hat Day

The Boca Grande Preschool celebrated National Hat Day last Thursday…
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Fashion Show benefits Honor Flight

The Rotonda West American Legion Post 113 held a Fashion Show to ben…

‘Why Girls’ Schools Matter’ at Book Club

A special Book Club meeting featured member Whitty Ransome, who discussed her inspiring book “Why Girls’ Schools Matter.” T…

She said yes!

John Paul Turner of Boca Grande, son of Kathleen and James Turner, and Savannah Dunmire of Tampa, daughter of Bonnie an…
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EcoWatch: Clean Water Act needs your support – get involved

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It is the only thing that ever has…
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SW Florida Fishing: January fishing … quiet sometimes …

BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR With the weather in early January absolutely perfect the water temps shot back up. The snook and ta…
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SW Florida Fishing: The redfish bite is on…

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Redfish have been the story of the backcountry this week here around Gasparilla Island and the…