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Respondents post to Boca Grande Chamber survey
Last Thursday, Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce released a new visitor survey called “Off Island Visitors.” It comes in…
Ladies Howl, what a weekend
Sally J ends Tournament Season
BY BETSY FUGATE JOINER
It only took a minute to catch the excitement of friends and fa…
Letters: Fourth of July memories made here in Boca Grande parades
To the Editor:
My name is Tina Dodge. My family and I have been vacationing in Boca Grande since I was a young child. So…
Resilient Florida seeks speakers
The Resilient Florida Program invites prospective speakers to presen…
Lee County invites flood survey responses
Lee County is in the process of completing a Flood Vulnerability Ass…
Goodbye Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer
Just in time for our nation’s 250th Birthday, Walt Disney World will close its Tom Sawyer Island and its companion Liberty…
This date in the Boca Beacon
FIVE YEARS AGO
Fifty-four percent of Lee County had participated in the census. For the first time the census was availa…
Cape Haze Coast Guard Auxiliary encourages non-alcohol boating
Operation Dry Water weekend, taking place July 4 to 6, is a national awareness and enforcement campaign focusing on reducin…
Margaret Ringer 1947 – 2025
Margaret Elaine Ringer (formerly Walker, née Tvaroch), 77, of Lake Wales, FL, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, surro…
Helen Beardsley 1928 – 2025
Helen, but everyone called her Nana, mother of Bette Bowen, is once again dancing with her husband.
Mom was born and rai…