Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“There will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050.” Universal comment Earth Day will be celebrated this year on April 22, 2024. It was born in 1970 when millions of people took to the streets to celebrate the first Earth Day. At that time, the major issues were pollution, dying […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Events, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Earth Day is Monday, April 22 this year. This year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics,” which casts a spotlight on the issue of plastic pollution. Organizers are calling for a 60-percent reduction in plastic production by 2040. Locally, there are a number of events. Cedar Point Environmental Park will have an assortment of speakers and […]
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 News, Sports & Outdoors.
The death of O.J. Simpson on April 10 in Las Vegas brought back a time when the NFL star came to Rotonda for ABC’s The Superstars. We look back at the era. Above, O.J. and Howard Cosell at the 1974 Superstars. He told host Keith Jackson after the tire obstacle race win in 1975: “The […]
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 Entertainment, Sports & Outdoors.
The first Superstars was Feb. 19-20, 1973 and aired Feb. 25 over the entire ABC network. “There are some who question its integrity as an entertainment vehicle,” said organizer Philip Bottfeld, in the 1975 program. It put Rotonda on the map, and the competition launched in Rotonda was copied across the world in places like […]
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 […]
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BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR With warmer waters it’s time to shift gears and search for monster tarpon. Recently we fished through heavy rain and wind in the muddy waters of the everglades and 10,000 islands. It could be my favorite place to fish. While we did not land any 200 pound tarpon we got into […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.