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BY KATHY Y. FUTCH One February, a few years back, islander-author Thomas McGuane enthralled an auditorium full of reader…

Next Wednesday, Doug Bradburn, director of Mount Vernon, will visit the island as part of a Friends of Boca Grande lecture…

Virginia & Augusta C. with Tate & Margo S. spent a day in the village selling lemonade to benefit The Island School…

The Boca Beacon uses many contributed photos each week and welcomes…

Some news from on island from Ballyhoo, always on page 5. Send your…

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 next…

Brief news from this date in the archives of the Boca Beacon: FIVE YEARS AGO A bicyclist took a fall on the Boca Gran…

We celebrate the birth of Christ, Christmas and welcome a New Year. 2024 was tough on most of us and I’m looking forward…

Here, views of the Christmas lights of Boca Grande. Photos by Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Island Magazine photographer Matth…

At Lighthouse United Methodist Church, Christmas Eve came with a nativity and families dressed for dinner. Children read…