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PROFILE: Laura Wilmerding

They were the halcyon days before social media. A time when one would go away for a beach vacation, meet that special frien…

ECOWATCH: It’s never too late to be charitable

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OBITUARY: Ann Berry Fitzgerald

Ann Berry Fitzgerald, 82, of Boca Grande, formerly of Northfield, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at the Glenridge on Pa…

PROFILE: Michelle Hubbs

After years of high intensity interval training and military workout…

Santa Claus, sales comin’ to town on Saturday!

The 2021 Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas Walk Brea…

Iguana Panel adds it up: About 2,000 less spiny-tails since February of this year … and 2021’s not over yet

There was a lot of lizard talk going on at the most recent meeting of the Gasparilla Island Municipal Services Taxing Benef…

Looking out for island interests, Part I: Some parking problems put to rest by the Boca Grande Parking Panel

The end of 2021 is rapidly approaching, and while it has been a difficult year in many aspects there are still things we ne…
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Get ready for a Miracle on 34th Street: WRPP to host radio adaptation of Christmas classic at three venues

BY BOOTS TOLSDORF – The Royal Palm Players are always looking for new and exciting ways to entertain audiences, and this ho…

Check out the new bocabeacon.com for your introductory sneak peek

If you haven’t been to bocabeacon.com for a while, now is the time you will want to check it out, as the transition to a ne…

Just over the bridge: The Boca Beacon holiday shopping guide part II

This week’s shopping guide feature will be the off-island businesses of Englewood and Placida. Now more than ever our small…