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OBITUARY: Nelson Thomas

August 17, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

The sun was a little less bright the day when Nelson Thomas was taken from us just recently. He was an island son who was known to all and loved by many, and he spent the last years of his life...

EDITORIAL: We are all ‘somebody’ in the history of Gasparilla Island … for better, or for worse

There’s so much that has changed in our community in the last year or two. It’s difficult sometimes to wrap our minds around what has happened just since last September, much less the other...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

TEN YEARS AGO A mystery survey was sent to random island residents, regarding Gilchrist Avenue parking? Who sent it? And why? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO A group that included Robert Johnson,...

BOCASCOPES

PETS OF THE WEEK

August 17, 2023
Staff Report
Columns, Community

THE BOCA BEACON’S (NOT-SO) ACCUWEATHER FORECAST

HORTOONS

August 17, 2023
Dave Horton
Columns, Entertainment

An agnostic view of Boca Grande’s alien visits over the years

August 10, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

In the wake of the recent explosive hearings in the U.S. Congress on UFOs, now called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, the sole report of a 1999 UFO hovering near the causeway to Boca Grande still...

OBITUARY: Sackett Snow Cook

August 10, 2023
Staff Report
Obituaries

Sackett Snow Cook died peacefully August 1 at Westview on Main in Fairhaven MA, with his wife of 41 years, Mary Elizabeth (White) Cook, by his side. He was born in Providence RI to Martha...

OBITUARY: Joe D’Angelo

August 10, 2023
Staff Report
Obituaries

Sadly, our family announces that Joe D’Angelo departed this world on August, 1, 2023, at the youthful age of 86. He peacefully passed away at his home in Rotonda West, Florida. Joe was born in...