Dec. 26 a six-year-old girl was missing for about 15 minutes after being seen walking northbound of 1st Street and Gilchrist ...

This Friday’s paper is the first of the new year. Despite still recovering from the dual hurricanes this fall, Boca Grande ...

A half dozen Mystic Powerboat catamarans were at Boca Grande Marina last weekend for a lunchtime owners run. “It’s been a ...

The island Disaster Fund is now at $3,596,000 to aid island non-profits and businesses. “It keeps coming in,” said ...

It’s the time of year to check on and update your listing in the 4-Digit Phone Book.  Since 1991, the Boca Beacon has ...

Doug Bradburn, director of Mount Vernon, will visit the island as part of a Friends of Boca Grande lecture in their History ...

BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE Join the Friends on Friday, January 10, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s for a lecture by Yale ...

Features on presidents in Boca Grande, a hurricane roundup, and a weddings page The January/February edition of the Boca ...

BY MISTY NICHOLSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is celebrating the ...

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Not only have the holidays brought great weather, they have also brought great fishing! The back ...

Dec. 28, a pink elephant appeared in the clouds. The view was looking west across the Gulf in south Boca Grande. The photo ...

The late illustrator Charley Harper created famous images of nature, for not only magazines, but biology textbooks. Curator ...