Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Breaking News, Community, News.
The last months have been marked by a number of new complaints to the Boca Beacon about missing packages and returned mail at the Boca Grande Post Office. Lecia Hall, a public relations representative for the U.S.P.S. for Florida has provided the Beacon with more information regarding postal complaints. “Local management will continue to work […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Entertainment, Sports & Outdoors.
There was a week in February of 1975 that the late Orenthal James Simpson was king of Rotonda and Cape Haze. The event was O.J.’s victory the ABC Superstars competition, which aired Sunday, Feb. 23, 1975 across the ABC Television Network. Twenty-five million Americans tuned into the afternoon program, which featured top sports celebrities competing […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News, Obituaries.
Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Tarpon Lodge, died Tuesday. Wells, and his wife Phyllis, purchased Cabbage Key in 1976, after he left a job as director of admissions at High Point College in North Carolina. Today, son Ken Wells manages Cabbage Key and son Rob Wells III manages […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Featured News, News, Obituaries.
Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed April 1, 2024 while delivering food aid in Gaza. He is the nephew of island resident Lynn Seibert and has spent many seasons here on Gasparilla Island growing up with family and cousins. “He loved Florida,” Seibert said. […]
Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
Quebec Parliament recognized his work BY LYNN SEIBERT The world lost a beautiful soul on April 1, 2024 when my beloved nephew Jacob Alexander Flickinger, 33 years old, was tragically killed in Gaza while delivering humanitarian food aid with the World Central Kitchen. He was killed along with six other WCK teammates who made the […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
Last year, Florida Power & Light placed an osprey platform at the south end of the island, near Belcher. This year, there’s a baby osprey, seen this week. Photo by Dusty
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Captains for Clean Water held an event at Eagle Grille on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the organization’s conservation work since its founding in 2016. Hosted by Chandler Converse, Capt. Doug Stewart, Jim “Hooter” Hoyt and Capt. Mark Liberman, the event featured co-founders Capt. Daniel Andrews and Capt. Chris Wittman who spoke about some of […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History, Entertainment, News.
Some new local history titles out this spring: • “Three Ringling Circus: A History of Sarasota and the Famous Ringling Brothers” by Sandra Gurvis illuminates the Ringling family’s impact on Sarasota’s artistic, historical and cultural scene. Released in January 2024 by Pineapple Press, this history of the Ringling family, particularly John and Mable Ringling and […]
Written by Michelle Starr on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.
There is always so much wildlife to observe while paddle boarding, kayaking or boating around the historic Boca Grande Railroad trestles, and over the a few weeks ago as a juvenile bald eagle was great entertainment for many people. This gargantuan bird was just beginning to learn the tricks of the trade of being a […]