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Port Boca Grande Lighthouse Lantern Room open for tours
■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society is making history again at The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum. Beg…
Flying monkeys do exist: an afternoon well spent with bats
■ BY SUE ERWIN While a tiny evening bat sat nestled in the front pocket of her jacket, Shari Blissett Clark gave a 90-minute…
Fust to hold annual book sale, Turkish cooking book sale next week
■ STAFF REPORT The Fust Library loggia and gardens create a beautiful backdrop for the Library Foundation’s semiannual used…
Profile: Ann Fletcher — RPP president planning for an outstanding season
■ BY SUE ERWIN Ann Fletcher, the new president of Royal Palm Players…
Obituary: Henry Clyde Lomax
Henry Clyde Lomax, 84, died Monday October 21, 2019 at his home in Pl…
If Florida voted down daylight saving time, why are we changing clocks on Sunday?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE While it might be nice once a year to feel like you’re getting an extra hour of sleep, waking up in the…
Many thanks to those who save lives every day
To the Editor: Two weeks ago my wife suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest in our home. The 911 emergency system functioned perf…
Beacon price to increase for first time in 30 years
■ BY DUSTY HOPKINS, PUBLISHER The team at the Boca Beacon is proud that we have been able to maintain the current price of o…
The bats of Boca Grande
■ BY SUE ERWIN A colony of evening bats surprisingly became nightly entertainment in September for Susan Hanafee and Ian Rog…
The bat lady is coming today, Halloween carnival tomorrow
■ STAFF REPORT Florida native bats will be exhibited at a presentation today. RSVP at barrierislandparks society.org. The pr…