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Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum

To the Editor:Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets records every day for how long we know manatees can live. That fact has now been documented by the Guinness World Records. He has been...

Obituary: Mary Louise Bowe

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Mary Louise Bowe, 89, formerly of Boca Grande, died in Port Charlotte on July 5, 2015. Louise was born on September 2, 1925 in Bartow and moved to Boca Grande at age 3, where she resided until age ...

Profile: Joshua Karl

July 10, 2015
Boca Beacon
Profiles

BY JACK SHORT – Joshua Karl would have had to try pretty hard to end up in a place more different than Boca Grande. When he grew up here on the island, he went by Joshua Johnson, of the “harbor...

All you need to know about Boca Grande’s 4th of July

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

This year, the 4th of July festivities will begin bright and early at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, as all participants in the 3rd annual 4th of July golf cart and bicycle parade will congregate in...

Minimum wake expansion proposed by Charlotte MAC

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT – A proposed minimum-wake zone expansion that began as an effort by a small group of homeowners has passed its first major hurdle. The Charlotte County Marine Advisory Committee...

Little information available about $1 million that would have gone to Gasparilla Island State Park

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
Featured News

BY JACK SHORT – An item stricken from the 2015-2016 Florida budget that would have sent $1 million to the Gasparilla Island State Park contained little information about how the money would have...

Intrigue in Australia leads back to Florida and Boca Grande

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT Bill Caldwell remembers him as a straight-laced, hard-working fisherman, not as a smuggler and international fugitive. The Tampa Bay Times recently broke a story about a man who...

Sheriff’s Office to patrol Bike Path this weekend

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) encourages everyone to have a safe 4th of July celebration this year. Undoubtedly, there will be increased usage of the GICIA...

Help a local captain and have a great time doing it this Sunday

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Fundraising for Capt. Jimmy Robertson continues on Sunday, July 5 at The Sand Bar. There will be a fish fry at 2 p.m., and more auctions and raffles will be held. There will also be a corn hole...

Celebrate shark week with Mote Marine in many different ways

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will dive into the science behind some of the ocean’s most fascinating fishes during this year’s Shark Days at Mote with “Real Sharks, Real Science,” a family-friendly...