Riverwood Golf Club attracts players of all abilities
By Scott Cotherman
Situated thirteen miles from the Boca Grande Causeway, a mere 17 minutes by car, Riverwood Golf Club offers a wonderful experience for visitors and vacationers coming to the …
EcoWatch: Memories of those who fought to preserve Boca Grande
When Hurricane Ian struck Boca Grande on Setember 28, 2022 with its 150 mph winds, it proved to be a catastrophic storm, causing major damage to Island life and erasing many sites. &…
Gasparilla Island State Park gets regrade, sand
Gasparilla Island State Park is finishing a regrade at the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse. Bulldozers and sand trucks were on hand this week to grade the potholes in the park and in the entrance driv…
December storm was no match for white pelican visitors
By MICHELLE STARR
On a morning drive over the Boca Causeway, I get a true bird’s eye view of Little Gasparilla Pass, the sandbar and local water clarity and condition.
The high winds over th…
A one-legged ibis visit, and his wedge near the waterworks
Last week, a subscriber came into the Beacon office to ask for help with a one-legged ibis. The ibis was stranded by his flock (or in bird lingo, a wedge, or congregation or stand of birds). Peopl…
Cool temps wake up wildlife
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
With a couple very cold evenings the water temps have really started to fall. What seems to be different this winter is the amount of rainfall we are still experiencing. Th…
Manatees make their winter swim
By Michelle Starr
Manatees are on the move. Over the last few weeks our beloved sea cows have been spotted in groups of as large as six around the Boca Grande Fishing Pier.
They have a…
Lemon Bay Golf Club celebrates founders, course renovation
After a complete course renovation, Lemon Bay celebrated Thursday, Nov. 30 with a grand re-opening party. It was more than that, and included a marking of the founding of the club, with inaugural …
Youth dive into water quality survey around Cape Haze & Coral Creek
When a group of Cape Haze residents met last month with Charlotte County officials about a proposed sewer project in their neighborhood, they had a new set of data: water quality tests taken by a …
Manatees waiting for much-needed help this season
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the King’s horses and all the King’s menCouldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.”
Lewis Carroll
There is now a great push to…