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Bocascopes

Boca Beacon backpages Aries: Stop stealing other people’s gnucci and socks. It’s not cool. Tuesday is “Take a Rat for a Stroll Day,” so you should do that. Just a reminder that IHOP is not the...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO U.S. Sugar President and CEO Robert Buker and Judy Sanchez, senior director of Corporate Communications and publications for U.S. Sugar, gave a...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Disaster assistance application deadline approaches

To the Editor: More than $4.4 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments have been provided to the state of Florida and to households affected by Hurricane Ian. But...

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Disaster Relief Fund, which has helped so many with so much, receives thanks from community

December 22, 2022
Guest Columnist
News

BY SUSAN HANAFEE Notes of gratitude continue to pour into the Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund, which was set up in the wake of Hurricane Ian to help businesses and other island essentials get...

A visual aid for what ails you, courtesy of the BGHC

It used to be that we wondered if we caught a flu bug or just had a case of the common cold. Then we weren’t sure if our allergies were giving us a hard time or if red tide was to blame. And of...

OBITUARY: Col. James Clark Dieffenderfer

December 22, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Col. James Clark Dieffenderfer (“Jimmie Dee”), a long-time visitor to Boca Grande and the father of local resident Ann Fletcher, took his final flight on 16 September 2022. A decorated World War...

Reflecting on the recovery from Hurricane Ian

December 22, 2022
Boca Beacon Reader
Editorial, News

By Hector Flores, Charlotte County The Christmas and New Year’s holidays are a time of celebration and reflection. I wish you and your loved ones health, happiness and a deserving respite from...

T’was the Night Before Christmas on Don Pedro Island

December 22, 2022
Boca Beacon Reader
Editorial

T’was the night before Christmas and all around No noses were frozen, no snow fluttered down. No children in flannels were tucked into bed, They all wore their shorty pajamas...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO The Pink Pony got that really cool machine that presses pennies into different designs. TEN YEARS AGO Ed Seale passed away, a true Southern gentleman who helped shape...