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SW Florida Fishing: Salt or freshwater … ready for action

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN After a week of warm weather that gave us the first hint that spring is around the corner, another…

SW Florida Fishing: Spring … is almost here.

BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR I don’t know if I have ever seen the fishing go from so bad to so good so quickly. Part of me worri…

EcoWatch: Shhh – don’t say climate change

“If you think the environment is less important than the economy try holding your breath while you count your money.” – Guy…

Ask a Doc: What to know to have a healthy, happy heart

Thousands of songs have been written about the heart. Depending upon…
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All aboard the Woman’s Club Boca Grande Express

On Saturday, March 9, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club invites you to ce…

Lake Okeechobee’s waters will run beginning Saturday

This weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will let the waters run out of Lake Okeechobee. Saturday was to be the day…

Army Corps to release Okeechobee lake water beginning Saturday

The United States Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will make releases from the east, west and south out of Lak…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: No longer on vacation in Boca Grande

You may have noticed a new byline in the Boca Beacon. Behind the byline is the latest addition to the Beacon staff, Anna Ri…

Getting to the heart of the story for women

BY MARY BETH SCHNEIDER I should have died this past summer. Not the illness kind of death, but the drop-dead kind that m…

Letters: Memories of a Chicago street rekindled

Response to last week’s letter from Ron Raedeke on their memories of sharing the same street in Chicago. To the Editor:&…