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Community Center upgrade details for Preservation Board
Wednesday meeting looks at center, two projects
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board is meeting at 10 a.m. on W…
Bagged a sweet cane toad on Park Avenue
A giant seven-inch poison cane toad was caught and bagged in the alley behind the Boca Beacon office on Tuesday, July 2.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: No chum of the noxious Boca Grande iguana, Brian Ambrose
As one story goes, sometime in the 1980s, a man and his children grew weary of caring for their pet iguanas. They decided…
Letters: Love the ‘Let’s Go Fishin’ tv show memories
To the Editor:
I’d like to express a thank you to the Boc…
Nicholas Kaiser 1933-2024
SUBMITTED BY THE KAISER FAMILY
Our Dad sadly left us. Nicholas…
EcoWatch: July 4th is more than fireworks and hot dogs
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with cer…
SW Florida Fishing: Offshore heating up…
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CAPT. BRAD HICKMAN
When it comes to grouper offshore, count on a few gag groupers, but also black, …
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: From Illinois crime lab to turtle volunteer, Arlene Hall
Her byline in the Beacon should be enough of a clue that Arlene Hall is someone worth getting to know. She is the one who…
Turtle report: Nest predators appear this week, snacking on eggs
BY ARLENE HALL BGSTA SECRETARY
At long last, the first green sea turtle crawl was documented on Gasparilla Island dur…
Curbed: Lots of empty spaces after mass parking resignations
Five members of the Boca Grande Parking Advisory Panel sent a letter to the editor of the Boca Beacon about their resigna…