Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: I work on this island every day and choose to buy lunch in town to do my part to support the small businesses of Boca Grande. Often, I can’t even get a parking spot because all of these people with golf carts chose to park in car parking, and then when I […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News, Uncategorized.
The 9 a.m meeting today between Charlotte County and Lee County is available here by Youtube.
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in News, Uncategorized.
The group Open Shores of Southwest Florida has released a document on the issue of Boca Grande Parking. The document, Public Beach Access Community Poll, came up at the first meeting of the Boca Grande Parking Committee on Wednesday, April 22, 2025. Open Shores is an advocate of increased public access to local beaches. This […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Police & Fire.
As hurricane season approaches, the time to prepare is now. Part of that preparation for Gasparilla Island residents, property owners and business owners is to obtain hurricane passes from the Boca Grande Fire Department. To make re-entry easier after a storm event, credit-card-style passes are issued to officials, residents, property owners and business owners in […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News.
The Grande Chorus held their community concert last Friday and Saturday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. This event was a celebration of America’s 250th birthday. Photo by Garland
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community, Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Boca Grande Historical Society held the first ever launch of the Boca Grande Fishing Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 14. The dinner and awards period included friends and family of honorees, as well as the community. Honorees for the Class of 2026 Guides were Capt. Freddy Futch, Capt. James ‘Cappy’ Joiner, Capt. John […]
Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Breaking News, Community, News, Sports & Outdoors.
We finally have a Boca Grande Fishing Guides Hall of Fame. Many times, folks had discussed a hall of fame for our traditional tarpon fishery cornerstones and its guides. Now we have one. The gathering for the inductions was impressive: a collection of current and past guides, their families and the folks that made everything […]
Written by Guest Columnist on . Posted in Columns, Health & Wellness, News.
BY DR. BRET KUEBER, M.D. If you’ve been to the Boca Grande Health Clinic recently, you may have noticed that your physician is looking at you a bit more and at the computer a bit less. That’s because we’ve started using a new tool in Epic, our electronic health record system, that assists with documentation. […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, Featured News, News.
Lee County’s 2026 parking Ordinance No. 25-16 has changed the landscape and use of Gasparila Island. The Boca Beacon has had many questions about the ordinance from readers. Below are some of these are addressed in ordinance but still unclear. Lee County staff sent us exact answers for some of the questions that readers have […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Events, News.
Jonathon Timpanelli brought his old-school soul and a showman’s flair as part of the Boca Grande Live series on Monday evening. Photo submitted