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Florida issues tarpon best practices for the 2024 season

When fishing for tarpon this season, be sure to use best fishing practices to keep silver kings reigning. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission consulted a number of external partners, including charter captains and Salt Strong and Bone…
Town hall addresses Lee/Charlotte cooperation

Charlotte County elected officials and representatives gathered at the community center on Wednesday, April 17 for a townhall meeting to discuss topics of concern submitted by Gasparilla Island citizens and organizations. The main topic of concern w…
Post office responds to complaints

The last months have been marked by a number of new complaints to the Boca Beacon about missing packages and returned mail at the Boca Grande Post Office. Lecia Hall, a public relations representative for the U.S.P.S. for Florida has provided the Be…

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Survey: Respondents against adding bridges to islands

Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance department has released survey results from local residents on accessibility to and from bridgeless barrier islands on the coast. Islands…

Remembering Rob Wells of Cabbage Key

Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Tarpon Lodge, died Tuesday. Wells, and his wife Phyllis, purchased Cabbage Key in 1976, after he left a job as director of admiss…

Gaza aid worker caught his first fish here

Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed April 1, 2024 while delivering food aid in Gaza. He is the nephew of island…

Captains founders visit to talk Clean Water at Eagle Grille

Captains for Clean Water held an event at Eagle Grille on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the organization’s conservation work since its founding in 2016. Hosted by Chandler Converse, Capt. Doug S…

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Letters: Cape Haze peninsula needs an update to Charlotte County plan

To the Editor: Your April 12 editorial (Why Placida Matters to Gasparilla Island) is very much on point. I wonder…

The ‘remnant people’ head home, or stick around

There are many “very important” and “formerly very important” or “previously important” or “pretty important” people…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Attorney, author and Southern storyteller

Jo Hackl, building grit Jo and Bob Hackl love Boca Grande and appreciate the sense of “intellectual curiosity” an…

May 18: Youth fishing tournament on Gasparilla Island

Grab your fishing pole and tackle box and come join the family fun at our Youth Fishing Tournament on Saturday, May …

Briefly: Advisory volunteer needed by Beaches and Shores

The Beaches and Shores Advisory Committee is seeking a volunteer to fill the unexpired term of the District 3 repres…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Haiti deserves a break

Ben and Louise Scott are not preachers; they are business people. Ben was a very successful owner of multiple franch…

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