Letters: Blue Barrel thank you from Methodist Church
To the Editor:
Thanks to the Boca Beacon for supporting the blue barrel campaign this season! Boca Grande residents were very supportive of this effort and generous in their donations.
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All about turf, at the Turf Club in Saratoga and at home
Who could be lucky enough to have caught the last few moments of The Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday? No, it was not in Saratoga, New York, where the Belmont was held this year for the last t…

A property tax referendum this fall, and the lanyard class
This week, the Florida legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis came together to put a property tax referendum before voters. The November referendum will ultimately increase the Homestead exemption from $…

Look! What do you see?
This week, a particularly welcome sight appeared at the Placida Boat Ramp: a trailer full of blue crab traps, tended by crabbers heading out to Charlotte Harbor and Lemon Bay. It is that season once…




