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29 boats, two days, 113 tarpon: Blaze takes win in WR2018
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It was raining silver in Boca Grande Pass on Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18, during the two-day 2018…
Beautiful and deadly: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (A series in three parts)
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – This is the first in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tar…
Dee Wheeler Fund reaches kids with more than $8,000 in grants this year
In 2008, the Friends of Boca Grande Community Center created the Dee Wheeler Children’s Fund (DWCF) to honor Dee for her 32…
Lots of beach trash, several false crawls in this week’s turtle report
BY SUE ERWIN – As of press time, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Associati…
Check out the Fust Library summer programs for children
BY SUE ERWIN – The end of the school year is coming soon, and so is t…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Canada’s biggest Beacon fans!
To the Editor: These are your loyal Northern neighbors in Montreal, who enjoy reading your paper on a weekly basis. Keep the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who will take the place of My Halo?
To the Editor: When Grace and Michael Ott announced they were moving to Boca Grande and starting a business, My Halo, that w…
Lemon Bay student receives Elsie Bracken award for STEM excellence
Lemon Bay Conservancy Vice President Irene Slattery, presented the Elsie Bracken Conservation Research Award to Lemon Bay Se…
PROFILE: Capt. Waylon Mills
BY SUE ERWIN – When it comes to catching tarpon, some credit experience as the key. Others claim luck. Many say it’s most li…
OBITUARY: Jean Cotten Blum
Jeanne Cotten Blum, a pioneering female executive at IBM and an arts and civic leader in Brooklyn and New York, died Wednesd…