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Celebrate a century

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

The 2026 Englewood Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class held a ribbon cutting for their class project. They raised funds to…
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Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 8-19-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 523 Loggerhead, 25 Green, 2 Leatherback, 16,585 hatchling…
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TRIM notices out from Lee Appraiser

Lee County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell has issued the annual Tr…
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Historic Park Avenue terra cotta block house raised carefully this week

Above, Powell marking the progress in between one of a number of set…
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Upcoming Events: September 2026

Watercolor Workshop After an introduction to Florida’s butterflies, with a demonstration of watercolor version of butter…
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New Gasparilla Magazine out for Sept/October 

The September/October edition of Gasparilla Island Magazine is out. It features dragon boat racing, the road to Cortina for…
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Manatee needs rescue after beaching herself after mating chase

A manatee in heat became stuck at the south end of the island Friday night, after a herd of male manatees chased her o…
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Lee, Charlotte incumbents ousted in primaries

The 2026 Primary Elections were held on Tuesday, Aug. 18 with one Lee County Board of Commissioners candidate and two Charl…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Miss Ronnie and the shrimp boat ‘in’ at Whiddens

FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Resort changed its name to the Boca Grande Hotel.  TEN YEARS AGO National Geog…