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THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO The Pink Pony got that really cool machine that presses pennies into different designs.  TEN YEAR…
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EDITORIAL: It’s Christmas: Are we allowed to feel joyful this year?

This has been a strange year. So was the year before it … and the year before it … and so on. It’s been a non-stop para…

We knew it would be bad, but …OUCH

In some cases, insurance premiums are up 400 percent on island homes…
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Island chef arrested for DUI, driving while suspended and more 

The actions of one local man erratically driving drunk last Friday…

OBITUARY: Dennis Oller remembered …

There are many people who love Boca Grande. There are a lucky few who are from Boca Grande. But there are some people w…

Ever wonder who Gaston is? Learn more about the people behind those big clean up trucks we now know and love

No one in Boca Grande could have missed the presence of Gaston TDR on the Island the last two months. Their double-containe…
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Just in time for Christmas, 2022: The ‘Tripledemic’ is here … merry merry!

Get ready, because Santa is coming to Boca Grande – and he is bringing along COVID-19 and his cousins flu and RSV for Chris…

3 p.m. on Thursday: The Grande Lady was back in business

Jon Reecher was cool as a cucumber on Tuesday, sitting in his office at The Gasparilla Inn & Club. All around him was a…
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A tragic fish tale: The case of the missing Miller’s marlin

If you want to kick a man when he’s down, wait for a hurricane to hit, then take his giant fish. This actually happened…