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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Wreaths Across America

December 22, 2022
Cemeteries all over the country honored deceased veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17, by placing holiday wreaths on their graves and holding memorials, usually naming aloud each person being honored. Th…

BOCA BEACON (NOT SO) ACCU-WEATHER

December 22, 2022
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WRONG KEY

December 22, 2022
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THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

December 22, 2022
A BOCA BEACON TIMELINE FIVE YEARS AGO Dr. Raymond James joined the Boca Grande Health Clinic staff.  TEN YEARS AGO The Mote Marine Laboratory branch on the island was about to ope…

Reflecting on the recovery from Hurricane Ian

December 22, 2022
By Hector Flores, Charlotte County The Christmas and New Year’s holidays are a time of celebration and reflection. I wish you and your loved ones health, happiness and a deserving respite from …

ECOWATCH

December 22, 2022
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We knew it would be bad, but …OUCH

December 15, 2022
In some cases, insurance premiums are up 400 percent on island homes for fiscal year 2022-23  Everyone has been aware of the unavoidable insurance premium increase that would come after Hu…

Island chef arrested for DUI, driving while suspended and more 

December 15, 2022
The actions of one local man erratically driving drunk last Friday, Dec. 9, could have had a much worse outcome than it did.  According to witnesses, that day at approximately 7:30 a.m. Timmie …

Ever wonder who Gaston is? Learn more about the people behind those big clean up trucks we now know and love

December 15, 2022
No one in Boca Grande could have missed the presence of Gaston TDR on the Island the last two months. Their double-container knuckle loaders are hard to miss. They have been up and down the Island…

Just in time for Christmas, 2022: The ‘Tripledemic’ is here … merry merry!

December 15, 2022
Get ready, because Santa is coming to Boca Grande – and he is bringing along COVID-19 and his cousins flu and RSV for Christmas dinner!  As you all have probably read, RSV (Respiratory Syncytial V…