BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
Our first major cold front of the season blasted through this week and spoiled the offshore gulf fishing with some strong winds. Things will pick back up as soon as winds se…
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. The…
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 open…
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 th…
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 Hurr…
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 Ca…
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 p…
