You are invited by the Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center to “A Conversation with Robert Macomber” on Thursday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $65.

BY NIKKI HEIMANN - Sally Van Nuland, manager of Dolphin Cove (traditionally, The Pink Pony), proved once again that she can endure the unimaginable – she ran a total of 50 miles nonstop for 11 hours this past weekend.

The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center recently announced at the final show of the 2013 “All That Jazz” program that season tickets are now for sale for the 2014 season.

BY LIZA STROUT - When former Beacon writer Tim Gielau earned his state private investigator’s license a little more than five years ago, he was ready to embark on a new adventure.
Five days after getting that license, on a Friday afternoon, he laid down to take a nap. When he woke up, it was a week later and he was in the hospital. The 51-year-old had suffered a stroke.