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Looking for your first taste of the ‘Taste?’
Pick up the January 15, 2016 edition of the Boca Beacon to read all about the first six restaurant menus for the 2016 Tast…
GICIA announces match challenge and wildlife art auction
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is extremely pleased and …
Suncoast Humane Society Honored with Top 4-Star Rating
The board of trustees and staff are proud to announce that Suncoast…
D strong at The Great Wall
A little 8-year-old boy from Rhode Island is traveling the world without leaving his bed. Dorian Murray has terminal canc…
Register now for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic
If tennis is your game, you have just a few short days to register for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic, sponsored by…
Restaurants announced for TIS Chowder Dinner next week
A good bowl of chowder is hard to beat, and buying one for a good cause makes it taste even better. The Island School’s se…
The Crackers and the Yankees duke it out in book by local gardening guru
BY SUE ERWIN – Sitting in his summer home near Asheville, North Carolina, Boca Grande seasonal resident Edd Dean wrote a …
Monitoring storms on Gasparilla Island: What’s the best way?
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Saturday, Jan. 9 an EF2 tornado with winds upward of 130 mph tore across Cape Coral and left up to …