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North Port moves ahead with Warm Mineral Springs preservation

North Port will move forward with a plan to restore the main building at Warm Mineral Springs and restore its grounds. On Tuesday, North Port City Commission approved Ordinance No. 2026-19 on sec…

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Fast approval for Baptist parsonage raising; 10th delist

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved a request to elevate the First Baptist Church of Boca Grande parsonage to help reduce future fl…

Revolutionary ancestors on parade

The Fourth of July holiday on Gasparilla Island attracted a large number of visitors, including the extended Thomas and Westerberg families, down fr…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Don Penrod

The 70th Anniversary of Andrea Doria sinking Perhaps one of the most famous maritime disasters, and the first steamship disaster to receive exten…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Silver King Celebration

FIVE YEARS AGO Boca Grande Community Center’s summer camp enjoyed visits from Monty the banded water snake and Charlotte the curly-haired tarantu…

Raising for Baptist Parsonage; historic listing removal for 10th Street

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will consider two items at its upcoming meeting next week on July 8, including raising the parsonage on…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Dewey Atchison, local history and Pioneer Floridians

Perhaps one of the most useful trends unleashed by the Bicentennial in 1976 was a nationwide interest in family history. And what it took was often…

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