The Boca Grande Preschool has completed construction on a new playground that includes a play structure, play yard, storage room expansion, easels and a tall security wall fencing the entire area…
Prize auction event for 2024 Strawberry Festival
A luncheon with Fox News commentator and correspondent Brit Hume was a prize for the Lighthouse United Methodist Church’s annual Strawberry Festi…
Great white Penny first found in Carolina blue waters
Penny the Shark seems to be making an early Easter visit off of Gasparilla Island.
Tagged at 522 pounds as a juvenile, the Carcharodon ca…
During a routine check of the tarpon spawning grounds at Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Wildflower Preserve, researchers found over 30 juvenile Megalops atlanticus that were identified and quickly put back…
On Saturday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., children up to age 12 are invited to Gulf Cove United Methodist Church for an Easter Egg Hunt which will start at 11:15 am. Gulf Cove UMC is located at…
Starting next week there are lane closures for maintenance and repair on Rotonda bridges.
The first of the closures is on Cape Haze Drive over Canal 31-5 beginning on Monday, March 25. Rebel Cour…
The deadline to register to be in the show has been extended to April 1.
Come one, come all to the very posh Dog Show— “Puttin’ on the Dog”—Saturday, April 6th at 10 a.m. at the Community Center…
Those on the island at noon and 5 p.m. will know what time it is without a watch or iPhone, as the carillon is now ringing at First Baptist Church of Boca Grande.
“The Baptist Church carillon is…
Pick up your 4-Digit Phone Book in the Boca Beacon office parking lot, 431 Park Ave. next week on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. First copy free, $5 for a second.
There is officially a new person to call on-island for iguana removal, with former iguana hunter, George Cera, named as the secondary vendor.
The new iguana hunter in town, Brian Ambrose, i…
