Renowned seagrass expert visits Cape Haze
Dr. Jim Fourqurean is one of the world’s leading seagrass scientists, a pioneer whose decades of research at Florida International University have shaped…
Cuteness on overload! This baby racoon was rescued from the road near Kappy’s Island Shoppe. A good samaritan from the Boca Grande Club, Nickolas Boudin, rescued the raccoon from the middle of t…
One More Time … Susan Shaffer’s encaustic monotype “Forest” recently received a Merit Award at the Venice Art Center’s juried exhibition, Colors in Motion – marking her second ribbon of the season…
These ladies came to celebrate a big day. Beautiful ladies and beautiful sunset! Shown from left: Cathy Russo, Cheryl Hopkins, Donna Snopek, Meg Taylor, Dori Fish, Nancy Ryan, Deborah Blair, Jackie…
This is a good time to be living in Florida, except if you’re unlucky enough to be living in the Florida Panhandle, including Pensacola, where residents were greeted with two inches of snow and cold…
Hot redfish on a cold day…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Just like the rest of the country the chilly weather has arrived in southwest Florida this week. But don’t let these cooler temperatures d…
The Bocilla Islands Conservancy will host the Art in the Palms event on Saturday, Feb. 7. It is a community celebration of art, music, food and island conservation. The event raises funds to support…
A group of around 120 Boca Grande residents gathered at Sam Murphy Park on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27 to support democracy and protest the violence in Minneapolis.
The protest was organized in les…
Above, the storm as it came across the Gulf on Sunday. It was captured by a Beacon reader. Diane Cates said, “I was walking on the beach, felt a little wind on my back, turned around and thought, is…
The Boca Grande Men’s Club welcomed Heisman winner Bo Jackson on Thursday. Jackson, shown here with Dick Brown, was both an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals and a Los Angeles Raiders running ba…
