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Post office responds to complaints

The last months have been marked by a number of new complaints to the Boca Beacon about missing packages and returned mail…
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Survey: Respondents against adding bridges to islands

Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance department has released survey results from local residents on a…
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O.J. Simpson was Rotonda Superstar in 1975 

The death of O.J. Simpson on April 10 in Las Vegas brought back a time when the NFL star came to Rotonda for ABC’s The Supe…
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Superstars: Locals remember O.J. and Hulk’s Lou Ferrigno

There was a week in February of 1975 that the late Orenthal James Si…
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Superstars: America’s great athletes assembled in Rotonda

The first Superstars was Feb. 19-20, 1973 and aired Feb. 25 over the…
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Remembering Rob Wells of Cabbage Key

Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Tarpon Lodge, died Tuesday. Wells, and his wife Phyllis…
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Gaza aid worker caught his first fish here

Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed Ap…

World Central aid worker called trustworthy mentor, guide

Quebec Parliament recognized his work BY LYNN SEIBERT The world lost a beautiful soul on April 1, 2024 when my belove…

Waiting for dinner …

Last year, Florida Power & Light placed an osprey platform at the south end of the island, near Belcher. This year, the…
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Captains founders visit to talk Clean Water at Eagle Grille

Captains for Clean Water held an event at Eagle Grille on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the organization’s conservation work…