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This year, Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday. That means a slightly different timing for services on Gasparilla Island. Fo…

From Betsy F. Joiner: I had the most delightful experience a few Wednesday nights ago at Cape Haze Publix. I we…

When traveling the Causeway, one might admit, if pressed, to playing a game of what song happens to be on the radio. If it…

When Hurricane Ian struck Boca Grande on Setember 28, 2022 with its…

Since 1987, the Boca Beacon has offered a calendar for subscribers i…

Laurence DeFrance, age 79, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2023. He was born October 3, 1944 in New York, the son of…

Sabrina Johnson-Lambert passed away on December 7, 2023, surrounded by family at home in Dunnellon, Florida, and formerly o…

Gasparilla Island State Park is finishing a regrade at the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse. Bulldozers and sand trucks were on…

By MICHELLE STARR On a morning drive over the Boca Causeway, I get a true bird’s eye view of Little Gasparilla Pass, the…

Vendor Patrick Kasprik brought a paperback Penguin Classic version of a Greek play by Euripides to the Farmers Market last…