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EcoWatch: It’s time for the cruelty to stop
February 20, 2025
The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is positively an outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal c…
SW Florida Fishing: Eagles soar as the temps …
February 20, 2025
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
Over the last couple of weeks we saw the weather improve and water temps went from the lower 60’s to the lower 70’s in a very short time. This coincided with the full moon ti…
History: Boca Grande’s theater
February 13, 2025
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
In July 1983, the Boca Grande Community Theater staged its first play, “Out of the Frying Pan.” The Boca Beacon noted that for some of the cast and cre…
EcoWatch: Happy Valentine’s Day for the Special People
February 13, 2025
Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter. So, enjoy your day.”
Debbie Shapiro
Every Valentine’s Day there are many people…
SW Florida Fishing: Just a normal week, Slam!
February 13, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Another beautiful week here in Boca Grande! Warm weather and sunshine has been the story the last few weeks and spring patterns are starting to show!
Along with the go…
Undoing the damage: The more confusing it gets
February 13, 2025
The more I learn and discover, the more confusing it gets.
I am amazed, as we all are, by our great weather. Of course, it will change, but everything changes. This might come out scattered, but…
Ask a Doc: Let’s get to the heart of the matter
February 6, 2025
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, someone dies of heart disease every 34 seconds. That’s nearly 2,500 people every d…
EcoWatch: An SOS for the animals of the world
February 6, 2025
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beast, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
Fyo…
SW Florida Fishing: Great weather/fishing, book now!
February 6, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has not disappointed this week and neither has the fishing. The speckled sea trout fishing in the back country has been very consistent this winter. If you ar…
History: Dr. Fritz and Boca Grande Clinic
January 30, 2025
JAMES BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
As the Boca Grande Health Clinic continues the expansion of its medical facilities, now is the time to remember at least one of the many physician…