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Manatees ‘making merry’ leave beachgoers concerned
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Boca Grande resident Tom Shaffer was taking his regular morning stroll on the beach around 9 a.m. on Satur…
Cars in the trees, a battery and a theft reported
■ STAFF REPORT – The sheriff’s office activity log for the island has been a little busier lately, with a vehicle ac…
Lemon Bay soccer star with island ties keeps going strong
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Stephanie Tieu is a rising senior at Lemon Bay High School, and she’s been an avid soccer player for the pa…
Profile: Betty Hill
■ BY SUE ERWIN – Betty Hill distinctly remembers arriving in Boca Gra…
Ladies Day committee thanks all for a great time
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce’s 26th Annual…
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. Great…
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 R…
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 Tw…
Get thee to the stage at 8 for WRTT winners
■ STAFF REPORT Fishing in the 2016 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament ends at 6:30 p.m. tonight, May 20, and the winners of t…
BIPS update: Progress on the Range Light acquisition
■ BY SHARON MCKENZIE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY The Barrier Island Parks Society (BIPS) reported that thus far the fu…