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On Honor Flight to D.C.

Rick Hugger arrives in Punta Gorda when the Southwest Florida Honor Flight returned home on Tuesday from their Mission XX w…
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Earth Day features Bass Labs talk, events in Cedar Point

Earth Day is Monday, April 22 this year. This year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics,” which casts a spotlight on the issue o…
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Florida issues tarpon best practices for the 2024 season

When fishing for tarpon this season, be sure to use best fishing practices to keep silver kings reigning. The Florida Fish…
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Henry Becton and Oakley Johnson win Laser model sailboat regatta 

The Basin Sailing Yacht Club held its annual “Island Championships”…
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Town hall addresses Lee/Charlotte cooperation

Charlotte County elected officials and representatives gathered at t…
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New phase of summer restoration for Mercabo Cove approved

Tidal shelf planted with red mangroves; view will be softenend to hide seawall BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION &am…
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Post office responds to complaints

The last months have been marked by a number of new complaints to the Boca Beacon about missing packages and returned mail…
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Survey: Respondents against adding bridges to islands

Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance department has released survey results from local residents on a…
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O.J. Simpson was Rotonda Superstar in 1975 

The death of O.J. Simpson on April 10 in Las Vegas brought back a time when the NFL star came to Rotonda for ABC’s The Supe…
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Superstars: Locals remember O.J. and Hulk’s Lou Ferrigno

There was a week in February of 1975 that the late Orenthal James Simpson was king of Rotonda and Cape Haze. The event was…