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EcoWatch: Extinction is forever: Something to think about
Rather than eliminating every weed and insect from your garden with chemicals or poison, try working with nature instead of…
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 establi…
A possible second ordinance on parking circulating on island
Alternate version shown by attorney at Lee meeting
The Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce circulated a separate draft…
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…
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…
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…
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…