It seems everyone on island is in hyper-reality mode: brutal honesty about everything, and a sort of practical determination ...

Hundreds of flooded or damaged golf carts have been picked up after Hurricanes Milton and Helene, but local vendors have made ...

BY DANA RYAN Like all of you, I watched with a heavy heart as Hurricanes Helene and Milton tore through our country, leaving ...

Now in 2nd week of check distribution, 260 donors The island Disaster Fund, set up to help local businesses and institutions ...

Editor’s note: This was from an Aug. 4, 1989 edition of the Boca Beacon. There are five big storms that seem to stand out in the memories of Gasparilla Island residents. The years of those storms are ...

Just accept it – resistance is futile. Jeri Lynn Perrin and the treats from her friendship-promoting food truck are going to ...

In the midst of worries about red tide and multiple hurricanes, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reopened public ...

Red tide conditions in the surrounding waters of Boca Grande have had slight changes shown by recent testing results. State ...

There is no date yet for the reopening of the Boca Grande Post Office. Currently, staff from the Boca Grande Post Office are ...

SUP Englewood and Keep Charlotte Beautiful is hosting a Waterway Warrior Clean-up Day at Don Pedro Island State Park from 10 ...

The Beacon has learned that Rob Elwell, born in Washington D.C. to Robert Newell and Mary Morrill Elwell during the war on ...