Tag: Gasparilla Island Magazine

‘Swamp Peddlers’ author takes on Arcadia

In “A Town Without Pity,” historian Jason Vuic returns to two devastating events that rocked the rural Florida town of Arcadia in the late 20th century: the 1967 wrongful conviction of James...

New Gasparilla Magazine is out

November 20, 2025
Alici Ouellette
Entertainment, News

The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages. Features include “The Morning Anchor: Coffee Offers a...

New Gasparilla Island magazine out

The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages. Features include “The Morning Anchor: Coffee Offers a...

September/October Gasparilla Magazine out

September 18, 2025
Anna Ridilla
Entertainment, News

Featuring Mah Jongg, shell collections and a natural cemetery The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social...

New Gasparilla Island magazine out

The new September/October edition of the Gasparilla Island Magazine is out. Inside, are stories on Marion Alger in Boca Grande, shell collections and the growing Mah Jongg craze. At newsstands...

Beacon wins 19 awards at Florida Media Conference

At the Florida Press Association’s annual conference and awards, the Boca Beacon won 19 awards in the weekly paper category. The awards ceremony, held on Aug. 1 at the Sunseeker Resort, recognized...

Beacon wins First Amendment Defense award

Above, newspaper and magazine awards from last year’s convention. Boca Beacon archives The Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Island Magazine received word that has been nominated for 39 awards...

New Gasparilla Magazine on newstands

Featuring Wanamakers, gumbo limbo and Sugarshack The July/August edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social...

March/April Gasparilla Island Mag available now

March 13, 2025
Staff Report
Entertainment, News

The March/April edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes and shopping. Featured stories include a mysterious Gilded-Age death in...

Gasparilla Magazine

The new Gasparilla Island magazine is out. Inside, are stories on shipwrecks, native plants and the Colt revolver heir who died in Punta Gorda. At your newsstand now.