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Boca Grande real estate now appraised at $3.5 billion

Lee County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell released the initial estimates for 2025 property values on Sunday, June 1. They…
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Results from Howl at the Moon

BY KACY CHESKE First place at the Howl at the Moon Tarpon Tournament last Saturday, May 31, went to Capt. Willie Mills’…
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Tracy Lynn takes First Place in this years Howl

Blaze takes second BY BETSY JOINER Sixteen boats captains and teams fished under the young moon on Saturday, May 31…

Zelma Otto, 1926-2025

BY MARCY SHORTUSE Zelma H. Otto, a woman who many on the island f…
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Mr. Market triplets 

Dad and kids put together a board game A new finance board game f…
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Letters: Boycott threat should not be tolerated

To the Editor: Bravos and kudos to South Beach Grille’s Bart DeStafano’s letter to the editor of the Boca Beacon of May…
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Pelican tied to a seagull; please consider wildlife on water

We are frequently careless and take our natural resources for granted. Here are a few things we might want to consider…

OPINION: Informed locals can hold Buc-ee, county, to highest bar

BY ROB ROBBINS Recent local media coverage of the Buc-ee’s and Harborview proposal didn’t tell the real story from the e…
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Talk about the weather. June rain is ‘bustin’ out all over’

For those reading the paper remotely, there has now been a week of rain in these coastal parts. It did seem like the rain w…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO Capt. Chuck Jenks rescued three boys out of the water near the middle bridge. The boys jumped off the bri…