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Remembering Dog Life columnist Harry Kalajian

Harry Kalajian, dog trainer, and columnist for the Boca Beacon since 2018, died Sunday, Sept. 14, after a brief illness…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Albert Earl Gilbert, honored for life’s work

Britannica to Audubon, noted nature illustrator For years before making Cape Haze his home, artist Albert Earl Gilbert w…

North Port hires finance director

The City of North Port has named Irina Kukharenko as finance director. Kukharenko has served in the director role in an int…
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Street work at new clinic site

Work continues at the Boca Grande Health Clinic, where the connectio…

Letters: Interlocal pact could shore up island off season

Editor’s Note: An open letter to Lee Commissioners from a Charlotte…

Letters: Increase in fire budget questioned by resident

To the Editor: Regarding the increase in the Boca Grande Fire Department budget.  Where is the additional 8.5% i…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO A freak storm took out a big tree in the Sister’s Restaurant parking lot. Lee County Sheriff’s Office was…

These here lights blink on and off. Life is aglow.

It is 6:05 a.m. along “this here” Gulf of America. Those there lights blink off the coast, on the barges pumping sand acros…
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EcoWatch: Factory farming is not for the octopus

Octopuses can rival the creatures of science fiction: big-eyed, multi-armed, soft-bodied, intelligent, alien, yet home-grow…
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Coffee & Conservation to Spotlight Gopher Tortoises

SUP Englewood’s Coffee & Conservation series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher tort…