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Branch manager
This osprey was making a nest near the Range Light last week. He was spied with a number of building materials, found acr…
Utilities meeting
The Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a utilities quarterly update meeting at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in R…
Letters: Appreciation for Gasparilla Island sea turtle
To the Editor:
On behalf of our permit holder, Denise Juergens, I am writing this letter from the Boca Grande Sea Turt…
Master of mid-century silk screen
The late illustrator Charley Harper created famous images of natur…
Advice from writer Thomas McGuane lingers still
BY KATHY Y. FUTCH
One February, a few years back, islander-auth…
A welcome for the director of Mount Vernon
Next Wednesday, Doug Bradburn, director of Mount Vernon, will visit the island as part of a Friends of Boca Grande lectur…
Lemon-aid stand
Virginia & Augusta C. with Tate & Margo S. spent a day in the village selling lemonade to benefit The Island Scho…
Scarpa’s is open, plus briefs from Ballyhoo this week of Dec. 27
Some news from on island from Ballyhoo, always on page 5. Send your news of openings and events to info@bocabeacon.
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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 nex…
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 Gr…