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Obtain hurricane passes from the Fire Department

Hurricane season has officially begun and the time to prepare is now. Part of that preparation for Gasparilla Island reside…
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Tracy Lynn takes First Place for the second week in a row in GIKC

Blaze takes second, again Tracy Lynn won the annual Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament last Saturday, June…
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Girl recovering after shark bite near 22nd Street

Surgeons were able to reattach hand A little after noon on Wednesday, June 11, a nine-year-old girl was injured by an ap…
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Reopening planned for parking and canoe access at Boca Grande Fishing Pier

Charlotte County is working to reopen the parking lot and roadway at…
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Update on Post Office: No date yet for reopening

While there is no date for the reopening of the Boca Grande Post Off…
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A Boca Grande love story, dancing to the jukebox, married on Banyan Street

BY KATHY Y. FUTCH It was 10 p.m., on a February evening in 1975 at the intersection of Hwy. 41 and SR 776, which was ver…
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Of ‘ocean’ hot dogs, fake scallops and other fishy factory tales 

Southwest Florida seafood tasting memories BY JIM COCHRUN In the early days of Southwest Florida, all small coastal t…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board voted unanimously to approve the new parish hall for Our Lady…

Lu the hippo, and an appreciation for Florida State Parks

It is the end of an era in Florida. Lu, the hippopotamus at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, died June…

100th Birthday Celebration

Boca Grande part-time resident Oliver Carr celebrated his 100th birthday last week in Washington, D.C. He is pictured here…