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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island resident really upset about, well … us
To the Editor:
I was stunned by the article published in the Boca Beacon on April 14 regarding the Historic Board Meetin…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BGHS clarifies their position
To the Editor:
The Boca Grande Historical Society (BGHS) understands the frustration of watching the landmarks we identi…
OBITUARY: Patricia Leggat
Patricia Bowler Leggat, longtime Cohasset, Mass. resident, died peacefully on April 20, 2023, surrounded by her loving fami…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Marty McFadden
If Marty McFadden refers to someone as “kind of an odd duck,” you kn…
Nope, it’s not a coconut
Island beachgoer finds something a bit unusual
Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day. It was on Tuesday l…
BGWC announces community grant, scholarship awards
Submitted by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club
Since its founding in the fall of 1948, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club has consi…
‘Hearts Filled With Love’; PanCan event this Saturday, April 29
By Boots Tolsdorf
Where have your “Hearts” gone?
They have landed on Ann Fletcher’s Christmas tree!
In December of…
Strawberry Festival wrap-up shows amazing numbers, generous islanders
By Susan Hanafee
If there had been any concerns that the 2023 Strawberry Festival would suffer as a result of Hurricane…
A flooded causeway took precedence at latest GIBA meeting
Flooding on the Gasparilla Island Causeway after Hurricane Ian was the main topic of discussion for the spring meeting of t…