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Supermoon: Super sunrise & sunset
The earth eclipsed the moon in the early morning on Tuesday, March 3. NASA describes the color of the moon during this ecli…
Tennis, pickleball at Wheeler, goodbye Sheriff Cottage
Views of the new pickleball and tennis courts at Wheeler Road Community Park. Lee County is resurfacing old tennis courts…
Guides Association votes for attorney for Guide Docks
During a meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at the Community Center, the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association voted to hire an a…
Louise Crowninshield portrait restored after storm damage
A replacement portrait of Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield has b…
Remembering the last manager of the Seaboard phosphate docks
The last port agent and manager of Boca Grande’s phosphate dock, Joe…
OPINION – Florida’s water: Progress worth defending
BY DANIEL ANDREWS, CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER
Long before “water quality” became a headline, a handful of Floridians warne…
Letters: Thanking community for successful Beach Ball for Preschool
To the Editor:
I am writing to express my deepest gratitude to the community for their overwhelming support of the recen…
This date in the Boca Beacon: COVID Strawberry Fest
FIVE YEARS AGO
L.A. Ainger Middle School held its first concert of the year with some Lemon Bay H.S. players filling in…
The fish goes where it wants, or where it can
Last Saturday, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientist Dr. Aaron Adams came to Boca Grande for a talk with the Gulf Conservat…
Terry G. Hopkins 1944-2026
Terry G. Hopkins, 81, died at dawn the day before Valentine’s Day, surrounded by family and her dog Pearl.
She was a new…










