Sports & Outdoors
Dwindling days until the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament mean it’s time to make sure you know your schedule
May 11, 2023
The World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament of 2023 is fast approaching, with 25 boats expected to have signed up by early next week. Fishing will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, May 17 and 18, in B…
The word from the wickets
March 30, 2023
The second Annual Gasparilla Mallet Club Tournaments are in the history books, and they were resounding successes, according to Skip Russo, one of the tournament’s directors. At least 24 people took…
The Big Red Bus is coming
March 16, 2023
Donating blood saves lives. We all intrinsically know this. Yet, according to the American Red Cross, less than 3 percent of age-eligible people donate blood annually.
The Boca Grande Health Clin…
Kids Classic tournament handed over from Boca Grande Charities to Chamber of Commerce
February 9, 2023
When Capt. Sandy Melvin, Bill Klettke and Michael Vaughn founded the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic more than a decade ago, it was with one objective in mind – to create a fast-paced, action-packed…
After Ian’s cleanup on land, what do we do about our water? Around here, Mother Nature has most of it handled
January 26, 2023
It’s obvious that cleanup and rebuilding on the island are moving forward at a good pace, but what about the effects of the storm in local waters, and on fishing? According to local fishermen, the f…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: John Sherman, on Boca Grande and the Kansas City Royals
January 20, 2023
John Sherman loves baseball. He played ball as a kid and dreamed of being in the big leagues one day. His dream came true, in a manner of speaking. He is not a player, but he is principal owner of t…
Tennis Classic begins January 21:
January 6, 2023
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The Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic is about to begin on a court near you … are you signed up yet?
The tournament, sponsored by the Boca Beacon’s publisher, Dusty Hopkins (who…