Just as we have the power to harm the oceans, we have the power to put in place polices and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the sea, for the creatures there and…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
YAWN. Pardon me, but the sea turtle nesting season for us patrollers is such a boring time. No new crawls have occurred since August 31 and the current nests we ar…
Editor’s Note: An open letter to Lee Commissioners from a Charlotte resident in the parking discussion.
To the Editor:
I urge you to consider adopting an interlocal agreement that extends the…
To the Editor:
Regarding the increase in the Boca Grande Fire Department budget.
Where is the additional 8.5% increase in the budget going? We see the budget, are told that it is 8.5% mo…
It is 6:05 a.m. along “this here” Gulf of America. Those there lights blink off the coast, on the barges pumping sand across the water, to the shoreline. Up in the air, the Range Light blinks its si…
Octopuses can rival the creatures of science fiction: big-eyed, multi-armed, soft-bodied, intelligent, alien, yet home-grown during the Earth’s late Jurassic period, about 140 million years ago.”…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
Here we are in mid-September, and the number of remaining incubating nests continues to steadily decrease as the last nests hatch. No new crawls have occurred sinc…
BY THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY
Editor’s Note: This is the last of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our is…
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
Betty and Jack Barndollar first came to Gasparilla Island in 1959, a year after the bridge had been built. Three years later, they built a house and mov…
To the Editor:
So it appears, according to Richard Weber in his letter to the editor of the Boca Beacon of September 12th, that transparency and welcome really are solely in the eye of the behold…
