Opinion
EcoWatch: What shade of green do you prefer?
May 20, 2024
“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life – a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and…
OP-ED: Hook Line and Sinker: A return to these pages, just in time
May 20, 2024
BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD
Editor’s Note: Van Hubbard’s column Hook, Line and Sinker appeared in the Beacon beginning in 1988. We are delighted to welcome him back.
I’m returning to the Boca Beaco…
Fit to be fly tied at an evening Boca Grande Outfitters workshop social
May 17, 2024
Last Wednesday evening, May 8, Boca Grande Outfitters hosted a fly tying social above the store. As someone who has never fly fished, let alone tied a fly, I was the obvious choice to go repre…
Tapping into a Gasparilla Island tradition, the working cistern: Editorial
May 17, 2024
This week, the Boca Grande Quarantine Station house went on the market (see pages 16-17).
One feature of the house is a working, wooden cistern. During Hurricane Ian, the tank was disconnected…
SW Florida Fishing: Snook in the backcountry, tarpon in the pass
May 9, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Tarpon season is here! It is May and the tarpon have shown up big time in Boca Grande pass! If you are looking to catch a tarpon call your local guide and get out in th…
EcoWatch: A Mother’s work is never done
May 9, 2024
“Mothers are the gardeners of the wind-blown wildflowers. They water them with happy tears. Happy with them for many years even as the hours ring with sweet, sad melodies sighing through their bow…
The Island Golfer: A ‘Master of Disaster’ performs magic at CCC
May 9, 2024
■ BY SCOTT COTHERMAN
It is a well-accepted premise among golf course superintendents that continued employment means preserving grounds and greens from the vagaries of weather, infestation, co…
Guest Essay: Celebrating Community Progress, Masterplan update and community meeting set for Friday, May 17
May 9, 2024
BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE
The Master plan to transform the Boca Grande Community Center Campus is being designed to benefit the entire community, offering state-of-the-art facilities, and versa…
Letters: Appreciation for Alano Club house effort
May 9, 2024
To the Editor:
Englewood Alano Club says thank you, Boca Beacon, for helping us with our ultimate goal of pursuing and securing our own permanent home with your fabulous write up. That wo…
Finding the ‘special sauce’ of our boat-mance
May 9, 2024
A thank you to Capt. Jim Hoyt for organizing the welcome to the yacht Hilarium last Thursday, bringing her back to Boca Grande Marina. As a publication, we appreciate those last minute calls. And …