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Boca Grande street repairs begin in December across island
Long list of fixes
Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla Island will begin next week.
Lee County has sent o…
Opening the town continues …
Nikki from The Pink Pony is setting up the Pink Pony ice cream cart. Stop in for an icy treat from the cart Monday to Fri…
Margaret Flynn 1921-2024
Margaret Mary (Marge) Loviner Flynn, 102, of Hudson, Ohio died peacefully on November 20, 2024, one month shy of her 103r…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Our staff writer Sheila Evans tells of being thankful after storms
Sometimes thankfulness comes easily. Other times it is harder to s…
Can we at least take the sheets off?
On Gilchrist (and across the island), the dumping is quite regular…
Out-of-date data and a disconnected state affects our fisheries’ management
Wasting grouper stocks with discards
In my lifetime of fishing, I could never have considered the challenges we face t…
Salvaging something out of the destruction of two hurricanes
We are all dealing with individual, life-changing events, not one but two devastating hurricanes flooding us so close tog…
The staff of the Beacon is thankful for so much this week
Many families have the tradition at Thanksgiving of going around the table and asking each person what they are thankful …
Update on emergency road repairs in Boca Grande from Lee DOT
Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation about emergency road repair…
Bacon’s Furniture back open
Bacon’s Furniture is celebrating their grand reopening after being visited by Ian! If you were impacted by any of the re…