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SW Florida Fishing: Snook in the backcountry bite

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of great fishing this week in the windy conditions. We have really started to target the s…

Joint meeting between Lee County, Charlotte County on April 15 in Punta Gorda

On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, beginning at 2:00 p.m., the Lee Board of County Commissioners and Charlotte Board of County Com…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Woman’s Club announced the establishment of a $250,000 Emergency Relief Fund. TEN YEAR…

Boca Grande Live!

The Jersey Tenors sang their hearts out Monday night at the Communit…
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A possible second ordinance on parking circulating on island 

Alternate version shown by attorney at  Lee meeting The Boca…
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Boca Grande takes parking discussion to Ft. Myers

A motion to move forward with the Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance amendment, and direct it to an anticipated May 20 pub…
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Off to see the Wizard: Boca Grande goes to the Lee Courthouse 

Over 30 Boca Grande representatives, on both sides of the issue of a possible new parking ordinance, traveled to Fort Myers…
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At Fust Library:

The biennial poetry reading Live Poets will be held in the Johann Fust courtyard and loggia on Thursday, April 10, at 4 p.m…
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Lynne Olson returns to discuss ‘Empress of the Nile’

Historian’s newest book details the rescue of Egypt’s temples Prepare to be captivated by the remarkable story of an uns…
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History: A biography of our first round favorite, the Temptation Sign 

BY KAREN GRACE Just like the island, the neon cocktail glass at the center of the Temptation sign has survived storms fo…