Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association recently received a $15,000 donation to purchase a utility task vehicle, or UTV, for turtle patrols this season. Arlene Hall of the Association wrote about the idea in her weekly article for the March 8, 2024 edition of the Boca Beacon, and sought donations for the vehicle. “A vehicle […]
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Logan McGinty is graduating from Lemon Bay High School in a couple of weeks. He will be attending the University of Florida in the fall, majoring in either mechanical or aerospace engineering. Logan has worked at the Gasparilla Inn Tennis Shop since December of 2023. Working there has had a large impact on making him […]
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Sophia Dickerson has worked at the Innlet at the Outlet for three years. She loves going to the beach and spends a lot of time on the island. Sophia is graduating from Lemon Bay High School and plans on attending the University of South Florida for a major in health science to pursue a career […]
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After 17 years of operation, the Englewood Art Center closed May 3. The art center, which is owned by the Ringling College of Art and Design, has been operating in the red for a while now and it is the facility that is the farthest from the main campus in Sarasota, said Director Samantha Parkinson. […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Profiles.
The art of daily living with designer, artist Designer Janet Gregg has always had a bit of a creative streak. Growing up in Virginia Beach, she made her own clothes on her sewing machine, mainly crochet belts and tube tops. “I’d come home for spring break from boarding school, and I would make patchwork pants,” […]
Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
Stealth the secret, let it enhance your ‘richest’ odds this tarpon season It’s tarpon time here in Boca Grande. Enjoy the action. While silver kings are not the only game in town, it’s tarpon season. Our tournament season kicks off with the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament on May 10. Please enjoy Mother’s Day on the […]
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Plan an appropriate tool to find balance while managing growth BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has been working to preserve island life since 1971. Since 2020, the growth of neighboring communities has been significant, and planned future development will apply additional pressure to Boca Grande. These growing development trends will […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
Some on this island are readers and devotees of Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer whose thinking undergirds many of today’s ideas of agriculture and sustainability. One of his ideas that has been applied outside of farming is solving an issue for pattern. The idea of “solving for pattern” requires one to step back, look at […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring.A mother’s love does not derive from the intellectbut from the emotions,in animals just as in human.” Maimonides , Jewish philosopher, jurist, physician and astronomer This month the celebration of Mother’s Day is a fitting way to acknowledge […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE It feels like summer here in Boca Grande and the tarpon have been biting! Lots of tarpon have been caught around Little Gasparilla Island, Gasparilla Island, Cayo Costa and Captiva Island! Book your trip to get out and chase the silver king if you haven’t already! In the back bay, snook […]