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Memories of September 11, 2001: 20 years has proved that our lives will never be the same…

On the evening of September 11, 2001, there were many types of reactions taking place in homes across the country, and arou…

Power lines down, a fight that really wasn’t, boating issues and a bug in the ear

On Thursday, Sept. 2 firefighters responded to the area of 14th Street and Gasparilla Road at approximately 3 p.m. for down…

PROFILE: Sarah McDonald

Sitting in the middle of Sarah McDonald’s coffee table is a fascinating turtle sculpture, carved to look as if it was emerg…

As faculty, directors decide to allow ‘opt-out’ masking to continue, first case of COVID reported at TIS

Two new updates developed over the Labor Day weekend for Island Scho…

COVID positive patients welcome at new Regeneron clinic in East Englewood

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Englewood on Monday, Aug. 23 to announce th…

Is it red tide … or something else?

Submitted by the Boca Grande Health Clinic Like allergies or the flu, red tide ebbs and flows with the season. And when…

PROFILE: Capt. Tater Spinks

Mary calls him “My Salty Dog Redneck Fisherman.” It’s an affectionate nickname that only a wife could get away with calling…

OBITUARY: Robert Allgyer

Robert E. Allgyer, Jr. of Oyster Bay, New York died unexpectedly on August 6, 2021 of a heart attack at the age of 42. Rob…
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From the Boca Grande History Center: Delmar Fugate and the Pink Elephant (Part II of a series)

Submitted by the Boca Grande History Center In our August 6 edition of the Boca Beacon we ran part I to this series feat…

Captains For Clean Water sits down with the Boca Beacon about Everglades restoration, USACE and clean water

With record-breaking deaths of the manatee, red tide, Piney Point and the Lake Okeechobee debate, organizations like Captai…