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Ladies and kids fishing details

Lee County Parks & Recreation and the Boca Beacon will sponsor another youth fishing tournament on Saturday, May 14 at…

Become one with the sea with a reefball burial

Environmental considerations have become part of the process of planning a funeral for many of today’s families. It is no l…
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Game, set, match for Mark and Jinx

Jinx Howe and Mark Horan have decided to hop the net for the last time on the clay courts of The Gasparilla Inn Tennis Club…

OBITUARY: Barbara (Mooney) Kelly

Barbara Joan (Mooney) Kelly of Wellesley, previously of Wayland, pas…

OBITUARY: Elizabeth Haraden

Elizabeth Jane (Bubar) Haraden, 85, recently of Acton, Mass., died i…
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AROUND THE TOWN: With Chef Tim Spain, Effie and Savannah

Chef Tim Spain and his assistants, Effie Joiner and Savannah Pope, put on quite the spread at a recent island dinner party…
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Kayakers, take heed: Do not attempt to cross the Pass

On Thursday, April 28 at 3:16 p.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to the waters around Belcher Road, as a caller…

Dogs and nesting shorebirds, sea turtles don’t mix

Many kinds of wildlife depend on Florida’s beaches for their survival, including endangered and threatened species. Over 30…

OBITUARY: Bart Richards

Bartlett Richards III (“Bart”), 83, of Boca Grande, Florida, and Northfield, Illinois, died peacefully surrounded by his fa…

PROFILE: Deputy Nicholas Garber

The commitment to protect and serve is deep in the soul of most people who choose law enforcement as a career. The newest s…