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Are you a local, published author?

Did you know that Boca Grande is a community with many resident authors? Local authors who have recently completed and publ…

An unprecedented pairing: The Fust and The Hermitage

Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation Tired of thinking about your hurricane issues? Need a slight change of s…
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‘Welcome back to the island’ webinar now available to watch

The Grande Rounds health lecture series sponsored by the Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Clinic Founda…
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Will and Brecken take GIFT tournament for 2022

By Capt. Sandy Melvin The young gun team of Capt. Will Waterhouse…

Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. opens new food pantry

The Englewood community turned out in large numbers to celebrate the…

Someone’s going to get rowdy with Rowdy pretty soon

If you remember Rowdy Gaines, the ultimate Olympic swimmer from the 1970s and ’80s, it might excite you to know that he has…

OBITUARY: Catherine Munsell

Catherine Anne Halpin Munsell, 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Boca Grande passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Englew…

OBITUARY: Merle “Jean” Moenning

Merle “Jean” Moenning, 88, of Punta Gorda, was born on May 26, 1934, in Vincennes, Indiana to Clark and Dorothy Johnson and…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Sarah Babcock

“You only need to look in the news to see concerns about influenza, food safety or red tide to realize how much our health…
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THIS WEEK IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO Peter and Elsa Soderberg donated $1 million to the new Suncoast Humane Society b…