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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: R.N. Lindsay Dalton 

Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.

Originally from Ohio, Lindsay and her husband Tyler have been Floridians for the last eight years. They have three children, all born in the state: Shiloh is 6, Hart is 3 and Charlie is 2. Working full time and having three young children does not leave a lot of time for hobbies, but the family enjoys spending time at the playground, camping and going to the beach, especially the beach at Boca Grande.

OBITUARY: Richard D. Simonds

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Obituaries.

Richard D. Simonds passed away on July 31, 2022 at the age of 86 after a long and wonderful life.  He was born on May 12, 1936 in Evanston, Illinois, attended New Trier High School and Yale University, from which he graduated in 1958 with a degree in history. He then went to business school […]

ON THIS DATE: A Boca Beacon Timeline

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Boca Beacon Back Pages.

Gasparilla Fishery in Placida was expected to open a new seafood restaurant. Plans called for the restaurant to be built on the west side of the current fishery building that had served as a seafood wholesale and retail operation since 1944.

GUEST EDITORIAL: BTT to study juvenile tarpon habitats in Charlotte County to study juvenile tarpon habitats in Charlotte County

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Our current focus is in Charlotte County, Florida, near the tarpon fishing capital of the world – Boca Grande. A VI uses GIS mapping data layers for nursery habitat sites overlaid with data on things like current and potential development locations, freshwater flows, and whether land is publicly or privately owned to categorize areas as high, medium or low vulnerability. For example, a nursery site classified as “natural” that falls under an area that the Charlotte County deemed as likely to be developed would rank as “high” in the VI. Conversely, a degraded nursery habitat with low potential for restoration that falls under an area in the county that is at low risk for development would rank as “low” in the VI.

First the phone numbers change, now the Community Center hours … what’s next?

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

According to the Federal Communications Commission, there are 82 affected area codes across the country that have had to be changed, as they all have one thing in common: Their area codes are all similar to or too close to “988,” which is now the established national number for the crisis line. The 82 affected area codes have one thing in common: using 988 as a local exchange, a term that describes the middle digits of a 10-digit phone number (for example: 123-988-1234). Four of those area codes are in Florida: 321, in Brevard County; 352, in north-central Florida; 941, which covers an area from Bradenton to North Port; and 561, in Palm Beach County.

Coach Kiesling, retiring? No, not really

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community, News.

If you were to find ten young adults who grew up in Boca Grande during the 2000s and ask them who the most influential people in their lives were, you can be guaranteed a good number of them would say the name DJ, or “Coach,” Keisling. DJ has been working at the Boca Grande Community Center’s events and summer camp for a very long time … time he has made good use of. The number of young lives he has positively impacted is countless. Not to mention, it just wouldn’t be a proper egg hunt without him there between hunts, throwing candy to the wind with joyous abandon, surrounded by hundreds of young children who look as though they might eat him for brunch if he didn’t step up the pace.

OBITUARY: The woman who loved the water … Bonnie Kay Pringle

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Obituaries.

1964 – 2022 Bonnie Kay Pringle, 58, died on Sunday, July 31 at home in Rotonda. She was born in Punta a on May 8, 1964 to June (Reynolds) and Merril “Buddy” Fulton.Bonnie grew up in Placida, however, where her father was a commercial fisherman. She attended Charlotte County schools and had a natural affinity […]