Author: Boca Beacon

Recovery process for GICIA property, landscaping

December 12, 2024
Boca Beacon
News, Sports & Outdoors

Summer restoration projects held up well SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is making good progress after the double whammy of Hurricanes...

Peter M. Sieglaff 1940-2024

December 12, 2024
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Peter Maynard Sieglaff died peacefully at the age of 83 in Boca Grande, Florida. He was born on December 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Rear Admiral William B. Sieglaff and the former...

Martha Jane Randall 1931-2024

December 5, 2024
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Martha Jane (Brunk) Randall, who died September 3, 2024, the day after her 93rd birthday, was many things to the people who knew and loved her throughout her lifetime. She was a rural Indiana farmer’s...

Margaret Flynn 1921-2024

November 28, 2024
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Margaret Mary (Marge) Loviner Flynn, 102, of Hudson, Ohio died peacefully on November 20, 2024, one month shy of her 103rd birthday. Marge was born December 20, 1921 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter...

The staff of the Beacon is thankful for so much this week

November 28, 2024
Boca Beacon
Community, Editorial

Many families have the tradition at Thanksgiving of going around the table and asking each person what they are thankful for. This can be particularly humorous with small children, as their blessings...

Books: Great restaurants, extinction, Egypt and happiness

November 21, 2024
Boca Beacon
Entertainment, News

2025 Book series with Roger Lewis’ picks BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE Each year, the Friends of Boca Grande have a book series with titles picked by Roger Lewis. Below are titles for the season,...

Fust Library Foundation updates on storm repairs

November 21, 2024
Boca Beacon
Featured News, News

BY BOBBIE MARQUISEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ever since Hurricane Milton brought a four-foot wave from the Gulf of Mexico into our beautiful buildings and gardens, Johann Fust Library Foundation has faced...

Letters: Support sought for Island School after return to classroom

BY CHRISTINE OLIVER Our beautiful Gasparilla Island, including Boca Grande and The Island School, has faced immense challenges in the wake of these back-to-back storms. While the facility and staff...

Storms of yesterday that hit Gasparilla Island

November 14, 2024
Boca Beacon
Community History

BY MARILYN HOECKEL A story from 1989 detailed some of the biggest storms to hit Boca Grande Editor’s note: This was from an Aug. 4, 1989 edition of the Boca Beacon. There are five big storms...

Robert N. Elwell 1942-2024

November 14, 2024
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

The Beacon has learned that Rob Elwell, born in Washington D.C. to Robert Newell and Mary Morrill Elwell during the war on November 24, 1942, died Nov. 7, 2024. For a quarter century a fixture on the...