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Beautiful and deadly: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (A series in three parts)
May 25, 2018
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – This is the first in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tarpon season. This first part will be from a science perspective, the second…
Dee Wheeler Fund reaches kids with more than $8,000 in grants this year
May 25, 2018
In 2008, the Friends of Boca Grande Community Center created the Dee Wheeler Children’s Fund (DWCF) to honor Dee for her 32 years of service and her tireless efforts in instituting many of the prog…
Lots of beach trash, several false crawls in this week’s turtle report
May 25, 2018
BY SUE ERWIN – As of press time, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 22 Caretta caretta (loggerhead) turtle nests on the island. There were 21 false crawls reported. A false crawl occurs…
Check out the Fust Library summer programs for children
May 25, 2018
BY SUE ERWIN – The end of the school year is coming soon, and so is the summer heat. The Johann Fust Community Library will be offering several programs in June and July to keep you engaged and enter…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Canada’s biggest Beacon fans!
May 25, 2018
To the Editor: These are your loyal Northern neighbors in Montreal, who enjoy reading your paper on a weekly basis. Keep the interesting articles coming! The entire Management Team of S.R. Potten, Lt…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who will take the place of My Halo?
May 25, 2018
To the Editor: When Grace and Michael Ott announced they were moving to Boca Grande and starting a business, My Halo, that would provide aides for people who needed help to stay at home and not have…
Lemon Bay student receives Elsie Bracken award for STEM excellence
May 25, 2018
Lemon Bay Conservancy Vice President Irene Slattery, presented the Elsie Bracken Conservation Research Award to Lemon Bay Senior, Haleigh Niles, on May 7th, 2018. Haleigh Niles was selected for her o…
PROFILE: Capt. Waylon Mills
May 25, 2018
BY SUE ERWIN – When it comes to catching tarpon, some credit experience as the key. Others claim luck. Many say it’s most likely a combination of the two. Whatever it is, Capt. Waylon Mills has got i…
OBITUARY: Jean Cotten Blum
May 25, 2018
Jeanne Cotten Blum, a pioneering female executive at IBM and an arts and civic leader in Brooklyn and New York, died Wednesday May 16, 2108. She was 98. Born Nov. 24, 1919 in New York, Jeanne Cotten…
A great day for the Fishery property
May 25, 2018
To the Editor: I believe that most residents of Boca Grande and the communities surrounding the Fishery were excited to read the news regarding the Fishery – “The most amazing development: Fishery pr…