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Englewood Pioneer Days

September 4, 2025
Staff Report
Community, Events

Last Saturday, teams gathered at Indian Mound Park for the Cardboard Boat Races, as part of Englewood Pioneer Days celebration. The boats were donated by Austin and Bart Tracy of Tracy Lasbury...

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Cape Haze Pioneer Trail Repaving

September 3, 2025
Staff Report
News

Paving maintenance will begin on the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail in Placida starting Sept. 3, 2025. Various sections of the trail will undergo repaving during this time; the entire project should take...

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Florida Wildlife seeks comment on green iguana rules this week

September 2, 2025
Staff Report
News

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking public feedback from interested parties on proposed rule change concepts relating to outdoor caging, biosecurity, collection and...

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Service returning to Boca Grande Post Office this weekend

According to a sign posted outside of the Placida Post Office on Friday morning, Aug, 29, the Postal Service will be resuming operations at the Boca Grande Post Office Saturday, Aug. 30 for mail...

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Say hello to Denise, the BGSTA permit holder for Boca Grande

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Since May 1st, a hearty group of BGSTA volunteers have been out in the early morning patrolling Gasparilla Island beaches to document and monitor sea turtle...

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History What Ifs: Boca Grande with no bridge, with an airport, port

BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTORBOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER “In order to understand the difference between the Boca Grande of 1949 and today, you have to realize that in 1949, Gasparilla Island, of...

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Reporting of curb lawns after parking rules

After an August 5 ordinance that will change parking rules on Gasparilla Island, the Beacon continues to get complaints that there are at least three new, unpermitted ‘curb lawns’ in Boca...

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Small merchants. Who is it that Just Feels Right?

A kind and anonymous X.com user reached out to the Boca Beacon Twitter feed this week, suggesting a PGA-like shuttle for Boca Grande to help preserve the independent merchants on the island after...

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Attend the Resiliency Summit

Science, solutions, neighbors. Hurricane season in Southwest Florida is more than just a few names on a weather map. For residents across Charlotte and Lee counties, Boca Grande and the barrier...

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Turtle patrollers find surprises in nests during inventories

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY In last week’s article, we reviewed some of the data BGSTA turtle patrollers collect for FWC regarding nest inventory as well as some challenges we face while...

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