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Runoff pipes from two projects raise questions with island residents

July 23, 2021
Two separate construction projects in the same area have been raising some questions, especially because they involve water running off into Charlotte Harbor and the Bayou. The first project is…

PROFILE: Natalie Cole

July 23, 2021
The newest member of the Boca Grande Health Clinic team is Natalie Cole. The conversation started something like, “Wow! Natalie Cole, like the singer?” “No relation,” she quickly replied with a…

New sod on causeway might be cursed by the fire gods (or grown by aliens), ambulance responds to two envenomation calls

July 23, 2021
If you wear white to a party, you’re bound to spill wine on your shirt. If you buy a brand-new car, you’re bound to get a door ding within the first week. But who knew that if you put down some ni…

Hudson’s Grocery would-be counterfeiter to stand trial in federal court

July 23, 2021
The Sarasota man arrested for attempting to use counterfeit money at a Hudson’s Grocery on May 18 has had his case moved to the federal courts.  Local Lee County deputies arrested Dennis M…

Boca Beacon/Gasparilla Island Magazine staff rock the BWN/Charley awards

July 23, 2021
The Boca Beacon staff traveled to the Sarasota Westin on Friday, July 16 for the Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper awards, and the Florida Magazine Association Charlie Awards. We d…

Sunglasses aren’t all the same: Choose wisely, your eyes depend on it

July 16, 2021
Recently I made a trip to California to see our children and grandchildren. We spent some time in the area from LA to Santa Barbara. As we visited the areas mentioned I began to notice that the ma…

Time is running out to present objections to National Register of Historic Places nomination

July 16, 2021
The Department of State cannot request the listing of the Boca Grande Residential Historic District in the National Register now due to a majority of owner objections, but they are required to sub…

A study in sea cow mortality for 2021 shows a disturbing picture

July 16, 2021
The death toll for the first half of 2021 is greater than it was in the entirety of previous years While natural selection does play a part in the lifespan of all species in nature, the record-…

Profile: Capt. Chad Bombenger

July 16, 2021
The first Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle was given out the year after he passed away, in 1993. The buckle is engraved with an eagle, which represents the best fisherman nature has to offer, and a…

Croquet is the game of the day during a hot Boca Grande summer

July 16, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – Croquet is believed to have been first played by thirteenth-century French peasants who fashioned ad hoc mallets to whack wooden balls through hoops made of willow bra…