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Letters: Appreciation for Gasparilla Island sea turtle
To the Editor:
On behalf of our permit holder, Denise Juergens, I am writing this letter from the Boca Grande Sea Turtle…
Master of mid-century silk screen
The late illustrator Charley Harper created famous images of nature, for not only magazines, but biology textbooks. Curator…
Advice from writer Thomas McGuane lingers still
BY KATHY Y. FUTCH
One February, a few years back, islander-author Thomas McGuane enthralled an auditorium full of reader…
A welcome for the director of Mount Vernon
Next Wednesday, Doug Bradburn, director of Mount Vernon, will visit…
Lemon-aid stand
Virginia & Augusta C. with Tate & Margo S. spent a day in th…
Boca Beacon welcomes user photos
The Boca Beacon uses many contributed photos each week and welcomes them from the club. A few samples from the last year. W…
Scarpa’s is open, plus briefs from Ballyhoo this week of Dec. 27
Some news from on island from Ballyhoo, always on page 5. Send your news of openings and events to info@bocabeacon.
In r…
Fun with numbers for this new year, A.D. 2025
It’s all in the numbers. Who doesn’t enjoy a date with a good number? Was your date a good number? That’s what we get next…
Boca Grande history: White House florist visits and a lizard hunt fail, plus MerCabo
Brief news from this date in the archives of the Boca Beacon:
FIVE YEARS AGO
A bicyclist took a fall on the Boca Gran…
Push a pole, watch the birds, grasp opportunity in 2025
We celebrate the birth of Christ, Christmas and welcome a New Year.
2024 was tough on most of us and I’m looking forward…