The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic tarpon tournament is set for June 8, organized by the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce. The event is advised by Boca Grande Charities, which originally founded and…
Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance department has released survey results from local residents on accessibility to and from bridgeless barrier islands on the coast. Islands i…
Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Tarpon Lodge, died Tuesday.
Wells, and his wife Phyllis, purchased Cabbage Key in 1976, after he left a job as director of admissio…
Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed April 1, 2024 while delivering food aid in Gaza. He is the nephew of island r…
Captains for Clean Water held an event at Eagle Grille on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the organization’s conservation work since its founding in 2016.
Hosted by Chandler Converse, Capt. Doug Ste…
Arborist consults with Edison-Ford, Bahamas gov’t
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB
During the 2023-24 season, Boca Grande Garden Club members benefited from horticultural lectures by…
Editor’s Note: This profile has been in the works for a number of years; we realized that in all the years of Dusty and the Beacon, we had not spotlighted him, and thought his 80th would be the perf…
An RFK supporter came through town last Thursday, playing the famous campaign theme from 1968. It did not have Robert F. Kennedy on it; he happened to be in Boca Raton at the exact same moment. …
This week, we have a story on the sale of Eldred’s (pictured here). Of course, we all know it needs a new custodian. Its current, old Florida, charming and useful state, cannot survive when the prop…
Hurricane passes allow island residents and business owners to get back into Boca Grande after a major storm or evacuation event. Property owners and commercial businesses can obtain reentry passes…
