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Summer at the Boca Grande History Center
BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The late Robert Fischer, author of “Boca Grande: Once A Railroad Town,” wrote that…
Tarpon season roundup for 2024 season
This year’s tarpon season ended on a rainy note, with many female tarpon heading out of the Boca Grande Pass early to spawn…
New details on Community Center for Preservation Board
On Wednesday, July 10, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to discuss several proposed construction plans…
Community Center upgrade details for Preservation Board
Wednesday meeting looks at center, two projects
The Boca Grande H…
Bagged a sweet cane toad on Park Avenue
A giant seven-inch poison cane toad was caught and bagged in the all…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: No chum of the noxious Boca Grande iguana, Brian Ambrose
As one story goes, sometime in the 1980s, a man and his children grew weary of caring for their pet iguanas. They decided t…
Letters: Love the ‘Let’s Go Fishin’ tv show memories
To the Editor:
I’d like to express a thank you to the Boca Beacon for adding Capt. Van Hubbard to your writing cre…
Nicholas Kaiser 1933-2024
SUBMITTED BY THE KAISER FAMILY
Our Dad sadly left us. Nicholas Thomas Kaiser passed away on 5 June, 2024. He was 90. Ni…
EcoWatch: July 4th is more than fireworks and hot dogs
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certa…
SW Florida Fishing: Offshore heating up…
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CAPT. BRAD HICKMAN
When it comes to grouper offshore, count on a few gag groupers, but also black, re…