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BY SUSAN HANAFEE At my annual physical a couple of weeks ago, the doctor asked if I wake up in the morning feeling refre…

FIVE YEARS AGO Lee County School Board mandated masks for all schools including The Island School. The mandate would be…

Last week, this editorial page celebrated a modest and (in a way) bountiful crop of butternut squash in Cape Haze, all take…

Mention of the summer sale at Ariel in the Boca Beacon’s Ballyhoo pr…

Nancy Sodel, Sue Sligar and Candace Ward set up to celebrate Terry S…

Scarpa’s Coastal hosted Myakka River Bluegrass Band this past Saturday. Shown here, the band with spontaneous guest vocalis…

BY LUKE ALLEN I was fishing deep in the water and boom a very white snook bit my bait – it was so hard my line broke off…

Can’t wait to … HAM-IT-UP Take your Boca Beacon newspaper around the world and show us how much fun you had! With c…

Diane Kay Johnson, 77, of Mission Hills, Kansas, died on August 7, 2026, surrounded by family. She was born in Oskaloosa, I…

Above, the Little Harbor Marina in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. It was purchased in 2021 and is now advertised as a Suntex…