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As faculty, directors decide to allow ‘opt-out’ masking to continue, first case of COVID reported at TIS

Two new updates developed over the Labor Day weekend for Island School students, parents and faculty, after a somewhat cont…

COVID positive patients welcome at new Regeneron clinic in East Englewood

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Englewood on Monday, Aug. 23 to announce the opening of a new monoclonal antibody treatment at the…

Is it red tide … or something else?

Submitted by the Boca Grande Health Clinic Like allergies or the flu, red tide ebbs and flows with the season. And when…

PROFILE: Capt. Tater Spinks

Mary calls him “My Salty Dog Redneck Fisherman.” It’s an affectionat…

OBITUARY: Robert Allgyer

Robert E. Allgyer, Jr. of Oyster Bay, New York died unexpectedly on…
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From the Boca Grande History Center: Delmar Fugate and the Pink Elephant (Part II of a series)

Submitted by the Boca Grande History Center In our August 6 edition of the Boca Beacon we ran part I to this series feat…

Captains For Clean Water sits down with the Boca Beacon about Everglades restoration, USACE and clean water

With record-breaking deaths of the manatee, red tide, Piney Point and the Lake Okeechobee debate, organizations like Captai…
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Fred was a dud, Grace got lost … what’s next?

While Fred came and went with a whimper, and Tropical Storm Grace turned into Hurricane Grace but decided to visit Mexico…
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The question of insurance liability and sidewalks: We may save our pink pump, our outdoor seating and our flowers, but at what cost?

While Lee County Ordinance NO. 21-XX, presented at the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting last Wednesday, soun…

PROFILE: Laquanda Dixon

On a sunny August morning in Boca Grande Laquanda Dixon took a short break to sit out by the fountain and answer a few ques…