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Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO The sale of Las Olas, a home that was once part of the Crowninshield compound on…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Apologies and regret expressed for recent event

To our island community: We deeply regret any worry or concern that recent events have caused members of our community…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Need more debris hauled away? Here’s a number to call

To the Editor: Residents needing assistance with removal of storm debris on private property are reminded to apply to th…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Water samples show red tide in our waters

 To the Editor: The Florida Department of Health in Lee Coun…

Boca Grande Preschool is open for business

The Boca Grande Preschool is back in business. It reopened its doors…

History Bytes begins with tombstones and graveyards

The first History Bytes lecture of the 2023 season, brought to you by the Boca Grande Historical Society and Bank of Americ…
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Young Life fundraiser at Inn Beach Club begins new chapter in organization

The beautiful sunset capped off the night of fun and faith as the new chapter of Young Life held its major fundraiser of th…
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A look at RPP – then and now – and thanks to those outside the ‘regular’ players who have made all the difference

Way back in the early 2000s when there were actually two weekly papers in Boca Grande I wrote a column called Backstage…

A new way for the Hughes Gallery to live on

Over two decades ago when my late husband, Jack, told me he’d shook hands on a lease for a downtown space in Terry Seitz’s…

GME residents continue to fight eviction after storm

The residents of Gasparilla Mobile Estates are still doing what they can, when they can, to clean up their community and de…