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Play golf and support the Lemon Bay Manta Rays at the same time
■ STAFF REPORT The annual Lemon Bay Touchdown Club Golf Tournament is planned for Saturday, May 18 at the Rotonda Golf &am…
Second week of turtle season and the excitement is just beginning
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association would like to remind everyone that sea turtle nesting season officia…
Profile: Tricia Heaton
■ BY SUE ERWIN Tricia Heaton describes herself as a needlepointing, party throwing, traveling bookworm. An eternal optimis…
Obituary: Joseph H. Head Jr
Holding the hand of his wife, Joseph Henry Head Jr. passed away pea…
Obituary: Thomas M. Hauser
Thomas Meskell Hauser, 78, of Boca Grande and Dellwood, Minn., pass…
Get your gator permits now, first phase drawing begins May 17
To the Editor: The annual statewide recreational alligator harvest begins August 15, and the application process is a rand…
Lit Forum ends season, announces next season’s selections
To the Editor and all of our supporters: More than 200 lovers of fine literature attended the past season’s Literature For…
Thanks to a generous donor, Hope for Haitians goal met
To the Editor: It was another miraculous year for the Haitian people. When we sent a thank you letter to the Boca Beacon e…
What does the beach renourishment project mean for our sea turtles?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last week the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Jacksonville announced that some Gasparilla Isl…
The sea turtles, they are a ’nestin’ – Season began May 1
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nesting season officially began on May 1, but one anxious loggerhead started the season early an…