Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce scholarship recipients this year. Shown above with Wally Rutan and Austin Fogo are Tazana Botterfield and Monica Heeg.
Photo by Tim Kern
2026 A Better Shot Scholar, Kylee Rice, from Port Charlotte High School. Photo submitted
A Better Shot scholarship recipients from Lemon Bay High School shown above with Tom and Donna Catanzarit…
Wednesday, May 20, The Island School will have a golf cart parade to recognize the fifth-grade graduates. Each year the fifth graders write their favorite moments at the school ahead of graduation…
Above, Dr. Jim Locascio talking to the students about the acoustic receivers and how they work. Photo submitted
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, in partnership with…
To the Editor:
A special thank you to the staff of the Beacon for the coverage and support they gave to the Boca Grande Preschool’s Groundbreaking Ceremony. Additional thanks to Boca…
Anne Bagby Pollard graduated from the University of South Florida, Tampa, this week with a B. A. degree in communications. She is a high school graduate of The Classical Academy in Sarasota and has…
I’m reaching out from the heart today – not only as a proud mom, but as someone who has dedicated many years serving on the board of Project Graduation.
This year is especially meaningful for me…
Boca Grande Preschool’s Groundbreaking was at their new (future) location at 311 Palm Ave. Some preschool students at the event from left: Cooper Hanley, Coramae Dunkley, Shayla Porter, Ella Bowen…
Susan and Ron Napoli’s daughter, Alyssa Lena Napoli, has graduated magna cum laude from The University of Tampa, with a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Public Relations, and a minor in Communica…
This Friday, something very happy is happening for the island: the groundbreaking, without fanfare, of the Boca Grande Preschool. The school will return to the island.
It is a recognition of hard…
