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PUBLIC NOTICE: 2024 homestead exemption applications should be turned in soon

To the Editor: The Charlotte County Property Appraiser is now accepting 2024 exemption applications. Homestead exemption…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to concerned passerby after bike spill

To the Editor: Writing a note of thanks to the white car and kind gentleman passenger who stopped after seeing me tumble…

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO We said goodbye to Pedalin’ Patty, and a new toll system was announced that woul…

‘You’re breaking up … I can’t hear you’

Our lack of ‘comms’ spurs a plan by several islanders What’s that…

You might think it’s just burrow, eat, mate, repeat, but the life of one of our oldest species on earth is being threatened every day

Gopher tortoises love Gasparilla Island. They gravitate to areas wit…

Density meeting in Charlotte County set for February 28

The Charlotte County hearing on Cape Haze density is set for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28 in Room 119 of the Murdock Admi…
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History Bytes: The Boca Grande Hotel, post mortem

The final History Bytes session of the season was a rousing success as dozens of people gathered in the Fust loggia to hear…

St. Andrew’s speaker to discuss common ground, difficult dialog

As part of the “Faith and …” speaker’s series at St. Andrew’s Church, Dr. Aine Donovan will speak on “Hope and Healing amid…

Ever heard of the B.E.G.? Meet them at Economic Summit 2023

The Boca Economics Group is back at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, armed with their crystal balls and plenty of educated insi…
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Come for the cleanup, stay for the fun! 

The GICIA is holding an island-wide cleanup on Saturday morning, March 18. Hurricane Ian dealt Boca Grande a major blow and…