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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No McMansions, please

To the Editor: I admit to being a die-hard gawker of the beautiful homes on BG – all types, but especially the architectural gems along the perimeter of the island. For me the only city homes...

Did you miss any post-hurricane issues?

April 7, 2023
Staff Report
News

If you missed out on any of our Boca Beacon issues, or Gasparilla Island Magazine issues for that matter, right after the storm, we might have them for you. Stop by the Beacon office (Park...

The West Coast Chaos are jamming! Under 12 boys take second championship

April 6, 2023
Sheila Evans
News

The West Coast Chaos sounds like something Hurricane Ian left in its wake, but it actually is a group of highly committed and skilled young soccer players from the Englewood area. There are a number...

BOCA GRANDE’S (SORT OF)ACCUWEATHER REPORT

Boca Beacon backpages

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO Boca Grande Causeway history was made after a massive Spring Break party a one-day car crossing record was set – 4,989 to be exact. TEN YEARS AGO Andy Ireland presided over...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: An update on the Rear Range Light

To the Editor: After Hurricane Ian hit, like most, we were assessing damages to our structures. All three of the historic structures that BIPS manages, operates and maintains have major damage caused...

The weekly red tide report

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 75 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 14 samples from...

Meeting up at Southern Design Living

April 6, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

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Don’t forget, it’s Bogus Beacon time!

When you open your paper this week, make sure to remember that the little section that falls out from the middle IS NOT REAL NEWS. Please don’t think the chupacabras, the latrines on Gilchrist...

OBITUARY: Mary Guyer

March 30, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Mary Dosdall Guyer, 88, of Boca Grande, formerly Saint Paul, Minn., went to heaven peacefully surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. Memories of Mary Guyer from Her Children: Our...