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Profile: Christine Stites
July 17, 2015
BY JACK SHORT
She’s Chrissy to most, but only if you knew her after she moved here. Or before she became a professional. It’s a little confusing. She had switched to Christine in order to be…
Want to see some Boca Grande Independence Day fun?
July 10, 2015
We had another amazing Independence Day, and wanted to share some of our photos from the fireworks and the golf cart parade.
If you’d like to see them, go to our website, bocabeacon.com…
Boca Grande, made famous once again … this time for sharks
July 10, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE AND JACK SHORT
We’ve been famous before for having one of the most expensive zip codes, and for having some of the best beaches. We’ve got celebrity status for many reasons here…
STEM camp kids research with Guy Harvey
July 10, 2015
BY MIKE VASHER
When was the last time you had the opportunity to be invited onboard a fishing vessel to get to meet and speak with one of the world’s most well-known artists, scientists, explorer…
Beaconcam is up and running!
July 10, 2015
Remember back in the day when you used to be able to go to our website and watch the world go by in downtown Boca Grande? Those days are here again, my friends, because the Boca Beacon webcam is bac…
Friends of Cape Haze vs. Charlotte County may not go to hearing
July 10, 2015
BY JACK SHORT
A dispute between Charlotte County and nonprofits Sierra Club and Friends of Cape Haze that originated prior to 2011 may be resolved at the next board of county commissioners’ meeti…
Local teen almost serves up a trifecta of holes-in-one
July 10, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE
You’ll want to remember the name Gabriella Vetter. She’s only a teenager now, but give her a few years and she might be playing in the Masters’ Golf Tournament. You actually wou…
Crawford takes top art honors, exhibits at YoungArts Invitational
July 10, 2015
Catrina Maria Crawford, granddaughter of Linda and Bob Edic from Boca Grande and daughter of Darlene Edic Crawford, recently graduated from Dreyfoos School of the Arts High School in West Palm Beach…
Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum
July 10, 2015
To the Editor:
Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets records every day for how long we know manatees can live. That fact has now been documented by the Guinness World Records. He ha…
Profile: Joshua Karl
July 10, 2015
BY JACK SHORT
Joshua Karl would have had to try pretty hard to end up in a place more different than Boca Grande. When he grew up here on the island, he went by Joshua Johnson, of the “harbor pil…