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Island food barrel donations given to Englewood Helping Hands this year
STAFF REPORT – Island food barrels were picked up earlier this month and stored for the season, but not to worry – they will…
PROFILE: John Edwardson
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association board member John Edwardson came to Boca Gran…
OBITUARY: Carolyn Falter
Carolyn J. Falter, 82, of Boca Grande and Port Clinton, Ohio, formerly of Tiffin, Ohio, died at 4:55 a.m. Friday, April 10…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How can we say thank you enough?
To the Editor, How can we say thank you enough to those who keep the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Information regarding unemployment
Letter to Editor, I have information that might be helpful to anyone…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island blessings, in the form of masks
Letter to Editor, As a follow up to last week’s letter from Sue Sligar, “What a blessing it is to live here,” I want to tha…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anecdotal information
To the Editor: As currently used by CDC, NIH and FDA the word is used to imply unreliability and therefore by implication in…
Please, let us know how you feel about a May 1 date to re-open our economy
Click on the link below to vote in our poll. bocabeacon.com/poll/do-you-think-the-states-non-essential-businesses-an…
In our hour of need: BGWC Emergency Relief Fund reviews first set of requests for aid, seeking matching funds
STAFF REPORT – The Task Force for the BGWC Emergency Relief Fund met on Wednesday, April 8, to review nearly 50 requests fro…
A word from the Clinic: Any light at the end of this tunnel?
BY TOM ERVIN, MD – It is April 8, 2020, five days after Governor DeSantis initiated a “safer at home” status for the state o…