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James family celebrates med school graduate
May 23, 2025
Dr. Ashley James, daughter of Kathy James and Boca Grande Health Clinic’s Medical Director Dr. Raymond James, graduated from medical school on May 9. After four years of undergraduate education at t…
Lemon Bay Scholarships
May 23, 2025
Boca Grande Woman’s Club Lemon Bay Scholarships, l to r Martha Durkin, Sharon Cross, Brayton Strother, Oriana Rodriquez, Taynalecia Hall, Eva Fitch-Gressley and Sophia Dickerson. …
2025 Graduates of The Island School
May 23, 2025
Each year, the fifth graders at The Island School write of their favorite moments at the school, and their future plans, just before graduation. Below, our graduates:
Amelia Besant
I have…
Woman’s Club Scholarships awarded
May 23, 2025
Boca Grande Woman’s Club Scholarships back row, l to r Sharon Cross, JoAnn Welch, Martha Durkin, Harlee Tudor, Reilly Feustel, Katlyn Cocks, Charles (Jaxon) Brown-Cape; front row, Judi Richardson, S…
Red Gill tourney this Sunday benefits Maritime Museum
May 22, 2025
This Sunday, May 25 is the 2025 Red Gill Invitational tarpon tournament at Whidden’s Marina.
The tournament, hosted by William Woodroffe, raises money for the Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum, h…
The Island School golf cart parade is Wednesday, May 28
May 22, 2025
This coming Wednesday, join in celebrating The Island School 5th grade graduates as the golf cart parade makes its way through town. The parade will take place on May 28 between 11:45 a.m. to noon t…
This Date: Hillside’s pier, cracks in bridge and time capsule at Lighthouse United
May 22, 2025
Looking back into previous Boca Beacon issues:
FIVE YEARS AGO: The Seagate Development Group was reconstructing the pier accessible to the Hill Tide Estates. The pier used to be an old oil dock…
Boca H2O lineup for Saturday
May 22, 2025
This Saturday, May 24, is the Buzz Me’Up Boca H20 Festival, held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida.
The music lineup for the sandbar, according to organizer Brian…
Briefs: Blue barrels end; assist Engelwood Helping Hand
May 22, 2025
The last day of the blue food barrels for Boca Grande on island was Monday, May 19. Jane Caple thanks all for their support for the homeless in Englewood through Englewood Helping Hand.
During t…
Methodist Church announces agreement with neighbors on parking
May 15, 2025
Tuesday’s meeting at Lighthouse United Methodist Church regarding parking started with an announcement that the church had struck an agreement with neighbors in its decades-long fight over parking o…