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Candidate questions for District 5 Commission election: Trish Petrosky

Editor’s note: We sent a set of identical questions relating to Boca Grande to both of the Lee Commission candidates for Di…
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Suit on beach access streets proceeds

A suit against Lee County regarding parking in Boca Grande is moving forward. The county has received the suit, which is 26…
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Safe Harbor purchases local MarineMax

Safe Harbor Marinas announced this week that it will purchase MarineMax, the publicly traded and Florida-based marina, yach…
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License plate reader enforcement in downtown

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has begun using license plate reader…
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Park Avenue property in discussion

Above, 2023 renderings of the Fishery project. Beacon archives Pr…
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You’ve got to get in the water with goggles on

BY ERNIE J. VANDERWALT  Most people meet the Gulf the same way: They pull off the coastal road, kick off their sandals a…

Flock and oversight: Trust is harder to build after the fact

BY BRENT MCCONNELL In 2008, I was the U.S. national security lead for technology transfer to China. Long before the Beij…
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Whiddens Centennial, 1926-2026

The Boca Beacon is celebrating the centennial of Whidden’s in a special edition August 28. The edition will include a histo…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Boca Bash

FIVE YEARS AGO Englewood Sailing Association taught 63 new students the basics of sailing at its three summer camp event…

Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida

At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There i…