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Historical Society to take over care of veterans’ marker on 5th Street

There’s a little-known memorial in Boca Grande that is about to get some much-needed love and care. It is the Veterans’ Mem…

Lee County puts $3.3 billion valuation on island real estate

This year, preliminary tax roll values show the Lee County real estate on Boca Grande as valued at just under $3.3 billion…
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Local men to take Honor Flight this fall

Two local men will be taking the trip of a lifetime in October, as they have been chosen to be aboard the second Honor Flig…
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The smell of fresh office supplies and school uniforms fills the air as TIS is almost back in session

The Island School is at full capacity this year, as 60 students will…
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Fixing the island’s low points: High water worries continue on north, south end

Reporter Sheila Evans contributed to this story Since Hurricane I…

Leathery crusaders in the LBC: It’s beginning to look a lot like ‘Batmas’

It may not be Halloween yet, but any time of year is perfect to celebrate our friend, the bat. Lemon Bay Conservancy (LB…

OBITUARY: Lucy Hamilton

Lucy Battel Hamilton died peacefully on July 19, 2023 at her summer home in Cooperstown, New York surrounded by her loving…
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PROFILE: WSEB radio and general manager Ken Lindow Jr.

In Cape Haze, just behind the Ace Hardware and Cool Pickle in Paradise restaurant, a 300-foot radio tower that most see, bu…
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THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO Crowder Gulf, a name we know and love from Hurricane Ian cleanup, was on our beaches cleaning up dead fis…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Commissioners approve creation of 23 community development positions, funds for families

To the Editor: The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the immediate creation of 23 new positions…