Skip to main content

Archives

,

SW Florida Fishing: Spring has sprung?

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE It’s starting to feel like spring here in Boca Grande, and the cold weather fishing patterns …
,

SW Florida Fishing: Nature’s reality check

BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR  When spring comes the world is new again and the great outdoors speaks to us in so many ways. Th…
,

Letters: Communications group Auxcomm appreciates Beacon support

To the Editor:  Thank you for the standby Emergency Operations Center announcement coverage in this week’s Beacon…

Letters: Boca Grande group heads to Sarasota Opera for Carmen; invite open for the future

To the Editor: Recently, my wife and I joined a group of Bocagr…

Letters: Boca Grande Historical Society recalls Jackie Sullivan 

To the Editor:  The Boca Grande Historical Society recentl…

Local support for our tourism ‘commons’

In the English tradition, there is the common. Not common as an adjective, as in ordinary, but the “common” as a noun, as…

Kelly Shore talks flower farms at Garden Club march meet

COURTESY LAMAR TOOLE, BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Flower farms are my passion. With this heartfelt sentence, floral design…
,

Gasparilla Island Conservation promotes bike safety during spring break

Spring has sprung and Boca Grande is abuzz. With the gorgeous weather, there has also been an increase in people enjoying…

Beach sunflowers in bloom

The beach sunflower, or Helianthus debilis, is in bloom on the corner of 5th Street and Gilchrist Avenue.  This Florid…
,

Still some time to see spring training

If you want to be part of Major League Baseball’s Grapefruit League excitement, you only have until March 25 to get to a …