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Online access for GIBA toll pass holders is available now

January 28, 2022
Boca Beacon
Featured News

As the island welcomes seasonal visitors back to Boca Grande, the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority wants to encourage all toll pass account holders to register for online toll account monitoring.Simply...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fishery Complex Development questioned

To the Editor: After all the pushback to the original Fishery complex development plan in Placida, I was shocked to see Charlotte County in the process of allowing the new plan … this plan...

ASK A DOC: What do I do about COVID-19?

By Thomas J. Ervin, M.D., Boca Grande Health Clinic Being asked “What do I do about COVID?” is a complicated question for anyone in clinical medicine to answer. If the COVID-19 pandemic was an elephant...

COVID tests and P.O. Boxes: Many have questions

If you have been trying to obtain the free COVID test kits that the government is sending out and you get a message that says your P.O. Box is registered to a business, you are not alone. Island post...

OBITUARY: David Benner

January 20, 2022
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

David R. Benner, 66, passed away on December 10, 2021. He was born April 21, 1955 in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Thomas E. and Shirley (Metzger) Benner. His childhood was spent in various locations...

Rogue tornado damages Gasparilla Marina, Gasparilla Mobile Home Park, Holiday Lakes

January 20, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

No damage reported so far on Gasparilla Island Photos by Taylor Guillerm, Paula Rush and Beacon staff Early Sunday morning, Jan. 16 storms swept through our area preceding a cold front. As the...

Celebration of Life for Dick Myers

January 18, 2022
Boca Beacon
Obituaries

A memorial service will be held for Richard B Myers on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande. Jan and the family welcome friends and loved ones...

Boca Beacon video documenting the Placida tornado on Sunday, January 16

January 17, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

VIDEO BY PAULA RUSH, PHOTOS BY PAULA RUSH AND TAYLOR GUILLERM

Next ‘Grande Rounds’ will examine the secrets of longevity

The Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Foundation are teaming up once again with the Healthnetwork Foundation to bring esteemed health education to the Island. “How to Live to be 100...

Friends of Cayo Costa prepares for their annual celebration on February 3

January 14, 2022
Staff Report
News

Friends of Cayo Costa State Park are inviting you to join them in a celebration for your island State Park. On Thursday, Feb. 3 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. the Friends of Cayo Costa will hold their annual dinner...

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