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PROFILE: Jorge Matos
April 14, 2022
A rest well deserved after a career well done …
The municipality of Sabana Grande is located in the western coastal valleys of Puerto Rico some 1,144 miles from Boca Grande. This …
Boca Grande Community Center looking for a special person to fill a special job
April 14, 2022
The Boca Grande Community Center has a position to fill; and it needs to be filled by just the right person.
What they call “Program Specialist” we call “Heart of Boca Grande.” For those of us …
This date in the Boca Beacon …
April 14, 2022
FIVE YEARS AGO
In celebration of Florida Lighthouse Day, 108 lucky people climbed the Gasparilla Island Light (formerly known as the Rear Range Light). They were the first-ever civilians to acc…
Backcountry fishing with Capt. Sandy Melvin
April 14, 2022
Boca Beacon backpages 4.15.2022
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Photo pages: Hank Wright Golf Tournament
April 14, 2022
Boca Beacon backpages for 4.15.2022
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Railroad Plaza, Fugate’s building sold
April 8, 2022
Last week two real estate transactions took place that were quite important to the downtown historic district – the purchase of the Railroad Plaza building in the 400 block of E. Railroad Avenue a…
Jo Anne Speer: 1928 – 2022
April 8, 2022
‘Kin to almost everyone on the island’
As the sun would start setting on any given day, you might find Jo Anne Speer down at 1st Street beach. Sometimes her nephew and caretaker, Nelson, would …
COVID booster update from the BGHC
April 8, 2022
On March 28 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of a second COVID-19 booster shot for persons over the age of 50. Additionally, persons over the age of 18 with compromised imm…
Stahl, Brokaw take stage at Fust’s first Author’s Luncheon
April 8, 2022
Two journalistic legends took the podium at the Johann Fust Library Foundation’s first-ever Author’s Luncheon Thursday, April 7, at the Gasparilla Inn. The crowd of 100 was enthralled by the wit a…
Show the island your artistic side at the BGAC
April 8, 2022
Would you like to become part of the Gasparilla Island’s community of visual artists? The time is now to stop by the Boca Grande Art Center and pick up your application to become an exhibiting mem…