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Mosquito season here; call Lee or Charlotte; thousands of eggs in each square foot

With the summer months comes the start of Florida’s peak mosquito season. Two jurisdictions cover mosquito control for Gasparilla Island. “We started this mosquito season with a bang,” said Jenifer McBride of Lee County Mosquito Control District. “We…

Post Office: Box numbers still safe with renewals

An expired credit card left a Boca Grande resident unable to renew his Post Office boxes through the online system, and worried that he would lose his longstanding box number. In an email statement to the Boca Beacon regarding the question, the USPS h…

Rethink on coontie plan for the Bike Path

In 2014, Nancy Sodel’s prized doberman, Cole, was killed after eating the berries and leaves of a coontie palm, which had just been installed in the landscaping of her and her late husband Herb’s house on Railroad Avenue. This week, she found out that…

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Toaster melts cabinet door at north end of island

Incident sparks island-wide reminder: Unplug appliances A toaster apparently created the possibility of a house fire on Monday, June 16 at the north end of the island. The Boca Grande Fire Depart…

Sheriff house funds matched by Lee Commission

The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to match the Boca Grande Disaster Fund’s contributions to replace the Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy house at its Tuesday, June 17 meeting. …

Quick emergency response saves hand

Victim appears at press conference The nine-year-old survivor of last week’s shark attack near 22nd Street sat for a press conference from Tampa General Hospital alongside family and doctors on T…

Plan to restrict beach parking moves ahead

During the Tuesday, June 17 Board of Lee County Commissioners meeting, Chairman Kevin Ruane replaced the previously proposed parking ordinance with a new draft expected to be voted on at an August 5…

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Boca Grande Chamber asks for input from off island visitors in beach survey

The Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce has released a new visitor survey called “Off Island Visitors.” It comes in the wa…

Details of proposed Boca Grande parking restrictions

A new draft ordinance would remove public beach access parking from all of Boca Grande, except for the Gasparilla Isla…

Dragonfly landing near Coral Creek

This dragonfly, likely a common four-spotted pennant, recently landed near the Coral Creek Jetport. Brachymesia gravid…

Charlotte opens beach parking

Additional parking will be available at Englewood Beach beginning at 12 p.m. on Friday, June 20. The portion of the pa…

Vaping ban passed

On Tuesday, June 17, the Lee County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to prohibit smoking and vaping at all cou…

Lee County funds Bonita Beach, Pine Island Ian projects

The Lee Board of County Commissioners funded the repair of two pedestrian projects damaged by Hurricane Ian. The contr…

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