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January 27, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN      Residents are invited to a financial discussion at the annual 2017 Economic Summit planned for Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. Islan…

January 27, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT      February 6 is your last day to give us your special sweetheart message for our Valentine’s Day edition of the Boca Beacon. On Friday, Feb. 10 we will be displaying your love for a…

January 27, 2017
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE      This week our taste buds turn to wonderful things such as such as sliders, somosas, salmon roulade and seafood. This is the second installment of three in our “Taste of Boca”…

January 27, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT      The Friends of Cayo Costa State Park will be hosting the 5th annual “An Evening for the Island” fundraiser event on Thursday, Feb. 2. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m…

January 27, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT     The Barrier Islands Park Society has outlined the work yet to be accomplished in its restoration of the Gasparilla Island Light (formerly known as the Rear Range Light). The final…

January 27, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN      Boca Grande residents were invited to attend a medical lecture and learn more about new treatments that help patients who experience acute strokes, brain aneurysms and vascular ma…

January 27, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN      Sierra Cunningham has been helping people on the island look their best for the past nine years. She’s a full-time hair stylist at James Griffith Salon at the Gasparilla Inn Beach…

January 27, 2017
Barbara Anne Benisek, 85, passed away on January 19, 2017.      Formerly of Grand Rapids and Ada, Michigan, Barbara resided in Frankfort, Michigan and spent winters in Boca Grande. She passed away pe…

January 27, 2017
Creighton L. Sherman, 90, of Marshall, Mich. (formerly of Boca Grande) passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.      He was born on January 31, 1926. Mr.Sherman was the first executive director of the G…

January 27, 2017
■  BY MARCY SHORTUSE      On Wednesday I woke up to my son telling me the neighborhood was on fire. I looked out the window and couldn’t see a thing, I just thought it was foggy. It wasn’t until the…