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These here lights blink on and off. Life is aglow.

It is 6:05 a.m. along “this here” Gulf of America. Those there lights blink off the coast, on the barges pumping sand acros…
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EcoWatch: Factory farming is not for the octopus

Octopuses can rival the creatures of science fiction: big-eyed, multi-armed, soft-bodied, intelligent, alien, yet home-grow…
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Coffee & Conservation to Spotlight Gopher Tortoises

SUP Englewood’s Coffee & Conservation series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher tort…
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Appreciation for our Kawasaki ‘Hatch’

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Here we are in mid-September, and…
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Business & Real Estate: J.McLaughlin new chief creative officer

J.McLaughlin has appointed Lee Anne Henrico as chief creative office…
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September/October Gasparilla Magazine out

Featuring Mah Jongg, shell collections and a natural cemetery The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Mag…
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Lee rangers to continue Boca Grande service

Two Lee County Parks parking rangers will continue to serve Lee County Parks beach access on Gasparilla Island. “There a…
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Clean Water: We all depend upon it 

BY THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Editor’s Note: This is the last of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Bar…
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Boca Grande Fire Department approves increased levy

A proposed tax levy and budget expenditure increase for the Boca Grande Fire Control District was approved during a public…
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History: Boca Grande in the 1960s

BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER Betty and Jack Barndollar first came to Gasparilla Island in 1959, a year aft…