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BIPS asks everyone to help protect manatees

September 1, 2022
SUBMITTED BY THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Florida’s manatees inhabit coastal waters, rivers and springs. They are present in Southwest Florida year-round, but during colder months they may se…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tonya Huber

September 1, 2022
Teaching is something Tonya Huber loves. She has been doing it in one form or another for 30 years. Now she has brought this love to The Island School, where she teaches Spanish and English language…

This week in the Boca Beacon

September 1, 2022
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO There was water, water everywhere, with approximately 13 inches of rain falling on the island. However, everyone here was looking to Texas, where flooding…

Wrong Key

September 1, 2022
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HORTOONS

September 1, 2022
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Boca Grande Sea Turtle numbers

September 1, 2022
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The question of central sewage systems on LGI, Palm Island comes into question after state entity says ‘no’

August 26, 2022
ead the next installment in this story on Friday, Sept. 2. In a day and age of clean water being one of the top priorities of local, county, state and federal entities, it may come as a shock to…

Primary election results 2022:

August 26, 2022
The primary election held on Tuesday, Aug. 23 yielded 41 votes onsite at polling place 122, otherwise known as the Boca Grande Community. Of those 41, seven were Democrats, 33 were Republicans and o…

Inn to move phone reservations to new space on Park Avenue

August 26, 2022
The Gasparilla Inn & Club will be moving into their newly-aquired space in the Gulf Coast International Properties building at the corner of Park Avenue and 4th Street in the very near future, b…

Beacon takes home 13 awards from Florida Press Conference annual meeting

August 26, 2022
The staff at the Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Island Magazine are very proud of our awards received at the 2022 Florida Press Association awards, held earlier this month at the Sawgrass Marriott Golf…