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Bike Florida to bring 500 cyclists to Boca Grande on April 14
April 8, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN Approximately 500 cyclists will be spinning down Gasparilla Road on Thursday, April 14. But don’t be alarmed – precautions have been well planned out, and the event shouldn’t have…
Educational summit features educational celebrities
April 8, 2016
■ BY SUE ERWIN At an educational summit held on Tuesday, April 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center, some of the nation’s top educators gathered with islanders to talk about new trends and succ…
GICIA begins to unveil plans for The Preserve
April 8, 2016
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has an insert in this week’s Beacon to acknowledge and thank the many, many donors who have supported our bold…
Iguana millage to increase, bidding process to begin soon
April 8, 2016
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Iguana hunting taxes are going up by 0.102 percent, but iguana numbers are definitely going down.
At an annual meeting of the MTSBU advisory committee for Gasparilla Island’s…
Woman’s Club announces more than $649,600 in donations this year
April 8, 2016
At their Annual Meeting held on Monday April 4, The Boca Grande Woman’s Club announced that the grand total of their 2016 community grants and scholarships is $649,600.
The membership approved commu…
PROFILE: Garry Carley
April 8, 2016
■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Boca Grande part-time resident Garry Carley is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and while he enjoys the peaceful island life here, he also has a sincere passion for the revitalizati…
OBIT: Sydell Berman Friedman
April 8, 2016
Sydell Friedman was a Boca Grande phenomenon. She and her husband, Stanley, were well known throughout the island and highly regarded in intellectual, social and tennis circles (and in just about eve…
200 have homes, thanks to the BG Haiti project
April 8, 2016
Letter to the Editor; Most people know by now about the BG Haiti project that has been taking place for the last seven years. In that time period, this generous community has donated $1,650,000 to b…
Island Art Days to feature 17 artists this weekend
April 1, 2016
■ STAFF REPORT
Island Art Days will be back for its 11th year on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot next to 431 Park Avenue, home of Gasparilla Outfitters/Sp…
Anglers, observers needed for Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament
April 1, 2016
■ STAFF REPORT Calling all lovers of the tarpon season. The 2016 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament will be held, as is traditional, on Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 7. Can’t fish it this year? Sign…