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THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
April 6, 2023
FIVE YEARS AGO
Boca Grande Causeway history was made after a massive Spring Break party a one-day car crossing record was set – 4,989 to be exact.
TEN YEARS AGO
Andy Ireland presided over h…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DFS to deploy Hurricane Ian insurance villages to Southwest Florida
April 6, 2023
To the Editor:
This week, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that, as a follow up to last year’s deployment of initial payment centers and the insurance village in January, the…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: An update on the Rear Range Light
April 6, 2023
To the Editor:
After Hurricane Ian hit, like most, we were assessing damages to our structures. All three of the historic structures that BIPS manages, operates and maintains have major damage ca…
The weekly red tide report
April 6, 2023
Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 75 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 14 samples from S…
Don’t forget, it’s Bogus Beacon time!
March 30, 2023
When you open your paper this week, make sure to remember that the little section that falls out from the middle IS NOT REAL NEWS. Please don’t think the chupacabras, the latrines on Gilchrist and…
A great day for the dogs!
March 30, 2023
More than 50 people turned out to witness the ribbon cutting of the Wheeler Road Community Dog Park, which will be opening by the end of the summer with ful…
The word from the wickets
March 30, 2023
The second Annual Gasparilla Mallet Club Tournaments are in the history books, and they were resounding successes, according to Skip Russo, one of the tournament’s directors. At least 24 people took…