BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It’s starting to feel like spring here in Boca Grande, and the cold weather fishing patterns are starting to move on. The water temperatures have risen quite a bit over t…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
When spring comes the world is new again and the great outdoors speaks to us in so many ways. This spring has been full of rain and the nesting birds have are missing many o…
To the Editor:
Thank you for the standby Emergency Operations Center announcement coverage in this week’s Beacon. The emphasis in bold you added in the highlights & system overview sect…
To the Editor:
Recently, my wife and I joined a group of Bocagranders to attend a performance of the opera “Carmen” at the Sarasota Opera. The trip was skillfully hosted by Boca Grande’s very own…
To the Editor:
The Boca Grande Historical Society recently learned of the death of John “Jackie” Sullivan. Jackie was one of the many people who contributed to several History Bytes session…
In the English tradition, there is the common. Not common as an adjective, as in ordinary, but the “common” as a noun, as in the places that we all own together, as a public. Many here on Gasparilla…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has been great the last two weeks and the fish are on the move in the back country.
We are starting to see the snook come back in numbers along with some q…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
No, this is not a political conversation, I am talking about my flies for snook and redfish. With the clear water and clear skies, the fish have been easy to spot but hard to…
“The problem is that bears are smart and humans aren’t. We’ll move into a remote area and leave a bag of dog food on our front porch and then panic when we see a bear helping himself.”
William Br…
BY HARRY KALAJIAN
As a dog owner, sooner or later you will opt for some obedience classes.
Owners must realize professional dog trainers are not magicians, they just know the proper steps nee…
