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March 13, 2025
A group of routine house elevations easily passed the Boca Grande Preservation Board at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 12, but it was a movie still from the 2003 Boca Grande movie “Out of T…

March 13, 2025
Florida Park Service is seeking a business partner to provide visitor services at Cayo Costa State Park. The scope of services is listed as concession operation, including, but not limited to ferry…

March 13, 2025
Jan Myers & Crew When back-to-back hurricanes swept away the contents of her garage storage area, Jan Myers fretted that she wouldn’t be able to stage the annual United Methodist Church chari…

March 13, 2025
The March/April edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes and shopping. Featured stories include a mysterious Gilded-Age death in Punta…

March 13, 2025
“The World is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” Paulo Coelho, Novelist, Author of Alchemist, lyricist Have you noticed lately that quite a few people have an opinion on the fate o…

March 13, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The redfish and snook have been very active in the backcountry this week! Between the hard south winds and even harder northwest winds, lots of snook and redfish have…

March 13, 2025
A favorite beach book, for generations, has been Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “Gift from the Sea.” It uses shells as a metaphor for fixing the stresses of modern America. The book is ultimately not about…

March 13, 2025
The bridge club members are playing their cards right at Eagle Grille every Monday at 1 p.m. To join in, register at bgdbc.org. Thanks to Eagle Grille and their crew for hosting this event in our co…

March 13, 2025
Pancakes are being prepared with cheerful hands! Ginny Bell and Rich Houck are busy at work. Stop in for pancakes every Tuesday through April 8 at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church. See here fo…

March 7, 2025
Abby B ready for some strawberry shortcake from Saturdays Strawberry Festival. More photos here.   Photo by Heidemarie Burke