Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sarasota Opera Food & Wine Festival welcomes new partners and returning favorites
August 24, 2023
To the Editor:
Sarasota Opera’s annual Food & Wine Festival returns on September 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. and will take place at Sarasota Opera House. Local restaurants will gather to serve tasty…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Gulf Coast Community Foundation awards $30,000 to Conservation Foundation
August 24, 2023
To the Editor:
The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast recently received two $15,000 grants from Gulf Coast Community Foundation. These grants were made possible through the Katherine…
EDITORIAL: We are all ‘somebody’ in the history of Gasparilla Island … for better, or for worse
August 17, 2023
There’s so much that has changed in our community in the last year or two. It’s difficult sometimes to wrap our minds around what has happened just since last September, much less the other changes…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
August 17, 2023
TEN YEARS AGO
A mystery survey was sent to random island residents, regarding Gilchrist Avenue parking? Who sent it? And why?
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
A group that included Robert Johnson, sisters…