Author: Boca Beacon

Prepare your pets for the Fourth of July festivities this weekend

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

The 4th of July is not a time of celebration for our pets. If they could read calendars they would be packing up to leave about now. The fireworks that many people find so thrilling can drive pets,...

Your weekly sea turtle nesting numbers From the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

At right is our weekly sea turtle numbers, as recorded by the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association. One thing to remember this week particularly, though, is to clean up the beach after any Fourth of...

Second annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby to be held by Mote

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

The second annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby is an exciting and environmentally beneficial event that invites SCUBA divers and snorkelers to compete to collect as many lionfish as possible in an effort...

Obituary: Ann Louise Arehart

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Ann Louise Arehart, born July 13, 1925, died at home on June 27, 2015 at age 89 after a long illness. Ann was born in Birmingham, AL to Robert and Irene Breedlove. She was raised in Kansas City,...

Letter to the Editor: A big Ladies Day ‘thanks’

To the Editor:The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce’s 25th Annual Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament had a successful outcome with a field of 38 boats and 18 total tarpon released, double the amount of...

CCSO: Things you need to know for July 4th

To the Editor:It is only a few days until the beginning of the July 4th weekend, so here are some things to bear in mind to help make it a safer and perhaps less stressful holiday. FireworksIn the...

Obituary: Philip E. Benton III

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

Philip E. Benton Jr., 86, of Orleans, Mass. passed away peacefully at home on Sunday June 14th, 2015. He was born on New Years Eve 1928 in Charlottesville, VA. He was the first of five children...

Profile: Scott O’Connor

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
Profiles

BY JACK SHORT – To put it simply, Scott O’Connor is living the good life. He and his wife, Kristin, aren’t cruising the seas in luxury yachts or gambling in Monte Carlo, but he lives in a tropical...

Blaze ends tarpon tournament season with a win

June 26, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY ANGIE MILLS AND MARCY SHORTUSE – The 4th Annual Turnin’ Tides Invitational, is now in the history books. It began with a whole lot of patient anglers biting their nails for two hours,...

GIBA discusses recent bridge failures, wayward walls and paving projects at quarterly meeting

June 26, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT – The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority board met on June 25 for a quarterly meeting, and foremost on the agenda and in the minds of many residents were recent bridge failures...