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Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third
Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26
Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team aboard Spooked Again took home the first place winnings in the 2013 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, held by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce.
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World's Richest, Kids Classic, Art Festival and street party schedule of events
Friday, 24 May 2013 13:06
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ... Read the Full Story
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ... Read the Full Story
Happy Graduation to Abigail, Dafne, Luke and Jake, TIS 2013!
Friday, 24 May 2013 10:19
BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Four tassels were turned on Thursday, May 23, as Luke Crosser, Dafne Garcia, Abigail Turner and Jake Van Atten graduated from fifth grade and from The Island School.
Prior to their commencement ceremony the four, with the help of others, did a “dramatic statues” and chant performance. Afterward, the third, fourth and fifth graders all participated in a song called “Flip Flop,” written and produced by TIS music teacher Diana Donlon.
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FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident
Friday, 24 May 2013 10:17
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault.
Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ open motorboat. He turned to the south to enter a blind, narrow passage between two mangrove islands when he spotted Ahlers’ yellow boat heading in the opposite direction.
Ahlers, of Boca Grande, was traveling northwest towards the same passage, with three passengers on board his 20-foot yellow boat.
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Boca Grande, Sweet Pea highlighted in June Vogue magazine shoot
Friday, 24 May 2013 10:09
Boca Grande has been the location for an awful lot of photo shoots, so many we usually don’t report on them. But, a couple of months ago a very high-profile fashion magazine – Vogue, to be exact – turned up in town with an interesting model.
Her name is Dree Hemingway, and she is the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway.
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The Boca Beacon’s photo contest for May is on, and the theme is “beach life.” That’s open to your interpretation, so be creative.
The deadline is May 31, so get your pictures into the Beacon soon. You can mail in a print or you can email a digital copy to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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