For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Blaze” is leading, according to leaderboard results.
The tournament began this week and was held Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday…
Locals have alerted the Boca Beacon to a number of possibly derelict boats off of Gasparilla Island. In recent weeks, at the north end in Charlotte County, there have been two abandoned boats, and e…
The state of Florida has a robust program for derelict boats.
During recent hurricanes, there were hundreds of boats in area waters, many abandoned. There were some, including a sailboat on the b…
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
Tarpon season continues in full swing. There are thousands of tarpon around right now and you can catch one just about any way you want. The traditional pass fishing has bee…
“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life – a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and r…
Happy VanBeuren and Cotton Hanley visited the Suncoast Humane Society in Englewood for a tour of the new campus which is under construction. The new facilities are a product of the Humane Society’s…
BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD
Editor’s Note: Van Hubbard’s column Hook, Line and Sinker appeared in the Beacon beginning in 1988. We are delighted to welcome him back.
I’m returning to the Boca Beacon…
The 2024 sea turtle nesting season for Gasparilla Island runs through October 31. Here are some sea turtle season “Do’s and Don’ts” provided by the Florida Park Service.
Pets are not permitted on…
Running for a local office on Gasparilla Island is sometimes more complicated than one might expect. Because there are two counties on the island, if an elected board, like the Gasparilla Island Bri…
Charlotte County Transit has scheduled two workshops to solicit public input on its transit development plan.
The workshops are scheduled for 10 a.m., May 29, 2024 at the Punta Gorda Library, 401…
