To the Editor:
Boca Grande has a newly planted Shady Lady community tree.
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club and the entire community are so grateful to Michelle and Stephen Hazeltine for their gene…
BY GARY MARTIN
It has just come to our attention that an elderly, but highly experienced, deer hunter was attacked earlier today, within his own home, by a 10-point whitetail buck. The hunter was…
Favorite Maine loafer, maybe tassels next?
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
I scrimped together the money for my first pair of Bass Weejuns when I was a senior in college and working part-time at Nathan Hale’…
BY CHRISTINE OLIVER
Our beautiful Gasparilla Island, including Boca Grande and The Island School, has faced immense challenges in the wake of these back-to-back storms. While the facility and sta…
To the editor:
My letter is written in response to an article written by Jay Feinberg and Cookie Potter. In recent months there have been many concerns about the parking situation on Boca. Simply…
BY DANA RYAN
Like all of you, I watched with a heavy heart as Hurricanes Helene and Milton tore through our country, leaving devastation in their wake. My family lives on a small barrier island i…
First-hand account of Helene escape one of many local stories
BY BARBARA HUGHES
Editor’s Note: Local gallery owner Barbara Hughes was one of the ‘lucky’ ones who came through Helene as it mov…
BY GEORGE MILNE, ENGINEERING CHAIRMAN, GIBA
Now that we are in the recovery phase, it is important to acknowledge the foresight, preparedness, and timely responses of Kathy Banson and the whole t…
Reflecting on early childhood education at the preschool
BY KELLENE CARPENTER
Editor’s Note: Kelli Carpenter wrote this essay for the Beacon just before Helene. The school was hurt badly in th…
BY EMERSON WICKWIRE
I applaud the Beacon, serving both as a community platform for ideas to identify and resolve community issues, as well as a central source of information on issue background a…
