To the Editor:
It’s difficult to find the right words to express the extent of our gratitude to this amazing island community! We were beyond blessed to reopen The Pink Pony & Tortuga Mexican…
You can’t make this stuff up; yes, it could really happen.
I’m still acquiring details, but the current 46th Secretary of Commerce is proposing Amendment 59, which covers bottom fish closures for…
This is some week. Those of us who looked out onto the waters to our west might have thought it either funny, or annoying (depending on your party), that President Donald Trump had decided to “renam…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The middle of winter arctic fronts have arrived here in southwest Florida, but the backcountry fishing has been unbrrr-lievably good!
With nighttime air temperatures…
Severe weather events are the scourge of golf course superintendents, causing bunker washouts, downed trees, and other adverse conditions rendering courses unplayable. Locally, it might present as P…
To the Editor:
I am beyond thrilled for the reopening today of my boutique, Sunsets of Boca Grande, in the historic Depot building.
After the devastation caused by Hurricane Milto…
We are now two weeks into a moderate bout of red tide.
If you want to study the science of red tide, explore sites like Mote Marine Lab or any of the other facilities that are researching it. Inf…
The Boca Beacon is a community enterprise. It is part of a great American tradition, the independent, family-owned community weekly newspaper.
This week, we want to thank the local contributors w…
Have you ever heard of a dog winning the Medal of Honor? I hadn’t until I became a Certified Mentor for the NYC chapter of SCORE. Now my days are filled with mentoring two theater companies, a photo…
It’s a new year, but I’m stuck reminiscing about old observations.
I’ve read several older books about fishing; it’s amazing that it took me 70 years to discover that I didn’t invent the wheel. W…
