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Southwest Florida Honor Flight (SWFL) has just announced it is hosting a second Honor Flight this year. The first one was in May (and included Boca Beacon p ...

EmailPrint BY T MICHELE WALKER – Following the success of their last “Island Booknotes Live 2021” featuring author Fred Rich, The Johann Fust Library Foundation will present the second event in their literary series on Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m. “Author’s Unmasked” will feature Island authors Daly Walker and Lucinda Dixon Sullivan, who will discuss the writer’s life, moderated by local author, Alice Gorman. The event continues the theme of “Voices from Boca Grande – Celebrating A Love Affair with Books.” Daly Walker’s short stories have appeared in numerous literary pub...

EmailPrint STAFF REPORT – Katherine Westover of Westover Photography will be the featured speaker at the next Boca Grande Camera Club meeting on Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m. This meeting will be held via Zoom. Katherine’s presentation, “Finding The Composition That Best Expresses Your Vision” will present a wide range of images from nature including landscapes, close-ups and birds. She will discuss the opportunity photography offers for personal expression and how to approach various settings to capture images you’ll love!  Katherine is an extremely talented photographer who has a ...

EmailPrint SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY – The Boca Beacon’s of the early 1980s included a column called “Syble Sez” based on local news of social events, business openings, family visitors, marriages, new babies and general gossip. Syble was Syble Futch who shared bar tending duties at The Temptation with Doris Wheeler where she was well situated to hear what was going on around town.   In her first column in the November 1, 1980 edition of the Beacon, Syble covers the grand opening party of the rebuilt Pink Elephant on October 18.  She tells that “free drinks w...

EmailPrint BY LAUREN HANA MD –  In honor of American Heart Month, in our continuing series on heart health, today I want to focus on women and heart disease. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  More women die of heart disease every year than cancer and all other causes put together. There are some important reasons why, starting with symptoms that can be subtler than the more traditional chest pain men experience.  Red flags Women’s symptoms often occur for three or four weeks before a...