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Are you a local, published author?

November 24, 2022
Staff Report
News

Did you know that Boca Grande is a community with many resident authors? Local authors who have recently completed and published books need the proper recognition, accolades and exposure to the...

An unprecedented pairing: The Fust and The Hermitage

November 24, 2022
Guest Columnist
News

Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation Tired of thinking about your hurricane issues? Need a slight change of scenery and some enrichment with fellow book lovers? On Thursday,...

‘Welcome back to the island’ webinar now available to watch

The Grande Rounds health lecture series sponsored by the Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation kicked off the season on November 16 with a recorded webinar to...

Will and Brecken take GIFT tournament for 2022

By Capt. Sandy Melvin The young gun team of Capt. Will Waterhouse and Capt. Brecken Stinnett caught two redfish for a total overall length of 45 3/4 inches to win the 27th annual Gasparilla...

Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. opens new food pantry

November 24, 2022
Staff Report
News

The Englewood community turned out in large numbers to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of the new food pantry building for Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. (EHH). The new building is 2,500 square feet...

Someone’s going to get rowdy with Rowdy pretty soon

November 24, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

If you remember Rowdy Gaines, the ultimate Olympic swimmer from the 1970s and ’80s, it might excite you to know that he has a home on Little Gasparilla Island. Being the ever-charitable guy that...

OBITUARY: Catherine Munsell

November 24, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Catherine Anne Halpin Munsell, 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Boca Grande passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Englewood. Cathy was born in Fort Riley, Kansas, to Lawrence and Margaret...

OBITUARY: Merle “Jean” Moenning

November 23, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Merle “Jean” Moenning, 88, of Punta Gorda, was born on May 26, 1934, in Vincennes, Indiana to Clark and Dorothy Johnson and passed away into the arms of her Heavenly Father on November 21, 2022,...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Sarah Babcock

November 23, 2022
Sheila Evans
Profiles

“You only need to look in the news to see concerns about influenza, food safety or red tide to realize how much our health and safety are tied to animals, plants and our shared environment.” Dr...

THIS WEEK IN THE BOCA BEACON

Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO Peter and Elsa Soderberg donated $1 million to the new Suncoast Humane Society building project, and the Barrier Island Parks Society announced a new...