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Each year, the fifth graders at The Island School write of their favorite moments at the school, and their future plans, just before graduation. Below, our graduates: Sophie Benson I was very fortunate to have gone to this amazing school, especially starting in kindergarten. Although it is sad to leave The Island School, I’m looking […]
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The Englewood charity Kids Needs received a generous donation of $15,000 from the Lighthouse UMC Strawberry Festival. Pictured are, from left, the Rev. Daphne Johnson, Co-Chairs Amy Mitchell and Leslie McGeehen. Contributed photo
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For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Blaze” is leading, according to leaderboard results. The tournament began this week and was held Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23. As of press time there were a total of 56 fish released by 20 boats on Wednesday for day one of the […]
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The state of Florida has a robust program for derelict boats. During recent hurricanes, there were hundreds of boats in area waters, many abandoned. There were some, including a sailboat on the beach near 7th Street, that became lodged in the sand, and were difficult to remove. Bradley Johnson, Public Information Officer for Florida Fish […]
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BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN Tarpon season continues in full swing. There are thousands of tarpon around right now and you can catch one just about any way you want. The traditional pass fishing has been on fire, but also those fishing the beaches and the harbor, both with spinning tackle and fly fishing are catching […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Opinion, Sports & Outdoors.
“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life – a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways. These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the […]
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BY CAPT. VAN HUBBARD Editor’s Note: Van Hubbard’s column Hook, Line and Sinker appeared in the Beacon beginning in 1988. We are delighted to welcome him back. I’m returning to the Boca Beacon because I realize how important Boca Grande is to my career and life. I first traveled to Boca Grande because it offered […]
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The 2024 sea turtle nesting season for Gasparilla Island runs through October 31. Here are some sea turtle season “Do’s and Don’ts” provided by the Florida Park Service. Pets are not permitted on State Park beaches. Sea turtles do not know the difference between a domestic animal and a wild animal. They may perceive a […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Community, News.
Running for a local office on Gasparilla Island is sometimes more complicated than one might expect. Because there are two counties on the island, if an elected board, like the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, serves both Charlotte and Lee County residents, a candidate for one of those boards must be “qualified” by the Florida Division […]
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Charlotte County Transit has scheduled two workshops to solicit public input on its transit development plan. The workshops are scheduled for 10 a.m., May 29, 2024 at the Punta Gorda Library, 401 Shreve St., Punta Gorda and 2 p.m., May 29 at the Port Charlotte Library, 2280 Aaron St., in Port Charlotte.To improve the way […]