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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Spring is here and the weather this week has been great! It seems that for the time being we ha…

Lee County Parks and Recreation has opened the 19th Street paddle craft launch as well as beach accesses on 1st, 3rd…

Lee County has posted the agenda for the next Board of County Commissioners meeting, on which there is an item to “Direct t…

Charlotte County announced that the southern entrance to Englewood B…

“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your s…

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The snook have been biting in the backcountry this week! Lots of really nice sized snook have b…

FIVE YEARS AGO Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches were closed due to concerns over COVID-19. Boca Grande Fire Depa…

Congratulations to Phil Dreiss for discovering a hidden Castaway Flat Stanley at Barnichol Harware! The BIPS Green Gala…

Cousins Tate (19 months) and Ella Bowen (22 months) had a great time at the Johann Fust Library’s Family Story Time with To…

Susan Carruthers was the first person to receive her 2025 4-Digit directory. Copies can be obtained at the Beacon’s office…