A gift that keeps on giving. It’s that time of year when we give gifts to people we love and appreciate. What better gift than a subscription to the Boca Beacon? It comes in several flavors. The pri…
The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, sponsored by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m.
Unfortunately, the tree across from Hudson’s did not survive Hurricanes Hel…
Alternative temporary sites are being considered for the Boca Grande Preschool after suffering major damage from Hurricanes Milton and Helene, said Preschool Director Kellene Carpenter.
“These la…
The Island Disaster Fund has already given $1.8 million away to aid the quick reopening and rebuilding of businesses and organizations on Gasparilla Island. As of this week, they have raised $3.35 m…
Experts are still watching red tide, but with winds, and cooler weather, the area may escape a bad season.
The Calusa WaterKeepers have been seeing fluxtuating results for red tide amounts, said…
The new November/December edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages.
The cover depicts the Boca Grande Range Ligh…
A celebratory reinstallation of The Temptation sign on Park Avenue on Tuesday. From left, co-owners Jeffrey Simmons, Andy Duncan and Kevin Stockdale. This week they were working hard to re-open as s…
In a long-term list of things that needed to be fixed after double hurricanes, the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority had some items that were easier and much more crowd-pleasing.
“Dog biscuits a…
Lee County surpassed the 200,000 cubic-yards-collected milestone for vegetative and construction debris in unincorporated areas post-Hurricane Milton. Vegetative and construction debris operations a…
Long list of fixes
Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla Island will begin next week.
Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation about…
