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Economic Forum addresses U.S. at a ‘consequential’ period
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Entertainment, Featured News, News.
BY SUSAN HANAFEE Do thoughts of artificial intelligence and the Chinese threat keep you awake at night? Are you worried about how the midterm elections will affect your pocketbook? Does the volatility of the stock market make your head spin? Never fear. Members of the Boca Grande Economics Group have been gazing into the future […]
Piper official at St. Andrew’s
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The Rev. Geoffrey Piper is the new Priest-in-Charge of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The appointment was announced Feb. 22, at the church’s annual meeting. Last Sunday, the Rt. Rev. Douglas Scharf, Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, visited the parish, and met with the vestry. As Priest-in-Charge, Piper will have the same duties and […]
Guides Association votes for attorney for Guide Docks
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
During a meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at the Community Center, the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association voted to hire an attorney to help with access at the island’s Guide Docks on Bayou Avenue at the end of 5th Street, by The Pink Elephant. Their interest is not only the dock in general, but the […]
Remembering the last manager of the Seaboard phosphate docks
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community History, Featured News, News.
The last port agent and manager of Boca Grande’s phosphate dock, Joe Murray Freeman Jr., died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Temple Terrace at age 96. “He had so many answers that the highly educated did not,” said his son, Tommy, who remained in Cape Haze after his father’s retirement from the Seaboard Railroad. Joe […]
OPINION – Florida’s water: Progress worth defending
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BY DANIEL ANDREWS,CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER Long before “water quality” became a headline, a handful of Floridians warned that the way we were reshaping this state would carry long-term consequences. Even in the 1940s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas understood that the Everglades wasn’t swampland to be drained. It was the system that made South Florida work. […]
Letters: Thanking community for successful Beach Ball for Preschool
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To the Editor: I am writing to express my deepest gratitude to the community for their overwhelming support of the recent Beach Ball held on Monday, March 2 to benefit the Boca Grande Preschool. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our neighbors, local businesses, and volunteers we were able to raise over $300,000 which will […]
This date in the Boca Beacon: COVID Strawberry Fest
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FIVE YEARS AGO L.A. Ainger Middle School held its first concert of the year with some Lemon Bay H.S. players filling in. A “new kind” of Strawberry Festival was held without the boutique and with masks. TEN YEARS AGO A too-heavy tour bus offloaded some of their passengers and made them walk across the bridge […]
The fish goes where it wants, or where it can
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
Last Saturday, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientist Dr. Aaron Adams came to Boca Grande for a talk with the Gulf Conservation Alliance, a regional group trying to find solutions for our fisheries. There was not enough room at the Crowninshield Community House for guests who wished to come. It was the bread and butter talk […]
Terry G. Hopkins 1944-2026
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Terry G. Hopkins, 81, died at dawn the day before Valentine’s Day, surrounded by family and her dog Pearl. She was a newspaper woman, and she made the world a better place because of it. She was born October 16, 1944, in Ocala, Florida, to Patricia Gannett of Connor, Florida, and John Gannett of Augusta, […]