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Lights out, holes filled in, beach furniture picked up for turtle season
May 6, 2016
Soon you’ll begin seeing the telltale signs of another sea turtle season. The unmistakable tracks in the sand, turtle patrollers fanning out across our beaches and the familiar yellow stakes are just…
Former Boca Grande chef opens gourmet shop in Asheville, N.C.
May 6, 2016
BY SUE ERWIN – Denise Searle and her husband, Jimmy, enjoyed living and working in Boca Grande for many years, but in 2015, they suddenly felt a yearning to pursue a lifelong dream. Having worked…
GIWA pleased to report island water passed all federal & state requirements
May 6, 2016
BY BONNIE PRINGLE, GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION – Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. (GIWA) is pleased to present to you this year’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is…
Journey’s End: The history of an island home
May 6, 2016
Submitted by the BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Journey’s End was a house and group of cottages accessed from 18th Street. One of the earliest homes built on the beach, it survives today but has bee…
Beware the oxymoron, my son!
May 6, 2016
To the Editor: As a proud homeowner and winter resident of Boca Bay for over 20 years, I found out from the letter to the Beacon by Skip Perry (April 29) that I am an ochlophobist. Well, I have been…
Hope for Haitians committee thanks community
May 6, 2016
Friends of Boca Grande, On behalf of the Hope for Haitian Committee, I want to again thank you, the Boca Grande community, for your support in our Haiti projects. For the seventh year we have made o…
Mote to research local sea turtles in quest for many answers
May 6, 2016
To the Editor: The official season for sea turtle nesting on the Gulf Coast of Florida begins May 1 and ends Oct. 31, but nesting turtles may be here sooner or hatch a little later. Mote Marine Labor…
Profile: David O’Connell
May 6, 2016
BY SUSAN ERWIN – Orthopedic body worker and Therapist David O’Connell has been healing island residents at Park Avenue Massage and Bodyworks since November. And it’s an interesting story how his pat…
Rescue crews searching for missing boater
April 29, 2016
■ By Sue Erwin
A 62-year-old man who launched a boat at El Jobean ramp in Port Charlotte Thursday apparently became separated from the vessel sometime on Thursday evening. The boat was recovered b…
Give blood this Wednesday, save lives
April 29, 2016
■ STAFF REPORT
One Blood will be conducting a blood drive at The Gasparilla Inn & Club on Wednesday, May 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The blood drive bus will be located in the 7th street parki…