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Kids Classic to be held June 4 … it’s not too late to sign up!
■ STAFF REPORT – The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic roster is filling up fast, with 29 boats signed up so far to fish the …
Sundown puts the rest to bed at WRTT
The first place team on Sundown with Will Bonner, Justin Dav…
Manatees ‘making merry’ leave beachgoers concerned
[caption id="attachment_3309" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Cheri Castillo ■ BY SUE ERWIN – Boca Grand…
Cars in the trees, a battery and a theft reported
■ STAFF REPORT – The sheriff’s office activity log for the …
Lemon Bay soccer star with island ties keeps going strong
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Stephanie Tieu is a rising senior at Lemon Bay Hig…
Profile: Betty Hill
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Betty Hill distinctly remembers arriving in Boca Grande for the first time in 1955. It was a time when th…
Ladies Day committee thanks all for a great time
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce’s 26th Annual Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament had a successful outcom…
Thank you to all who have served
To the Editor: We will always be grateful and thankful to the Beacon for the story of John Bourgoin and Walter Tatko. Grea…
Sundown puts the rest to bed in 2016 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Capt. Timmy Smith hadn’t caught a lot of tarpon this season up to the time of the 2016 World’s…
Day One of World’s Richest yields 24 releases
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Day One of the 2016 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament is complete, and in just a few short hours Day …