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This date in the Beacon: Fashion at Fire Department, lawsuit by between bridge and Charlotte County; Sam Murphy Park

Each week the Boca Beacon looks back at news from previous years. FIVE YEARS AGO The Gasparilla Island Conservation a…

High water and coastal ‘deployables’

Last week, America’s coastal cities were obsessed with general high water up and down almost every waterfront. This time it…
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Baseball park celebration for life of Mike Greenwell

The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell a…

Otilia Yanes Fernandez 1934-2025

Otilia Yanes Fernandez, dearly beloved wife of 65 years of the late…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Alison Nash

From clubhouse to island If the name Alison Nash sounds familiar…
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EcoWatch: A spoken reality that has now come to life

“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” Ansel Adams, Feb. 20, 1902-April 22…

Charlotte makes arrests at local Foot and Body Massage

Yuling Zhang Two women were arrested after soliciting sex with undercover deputies at a pair of massage parlors, accord…

Celebration of Life on Saturday, Oct. 18, for Lee Commissioner Mike Greenwell

The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell a…
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Carol McCoy talks on gopher tortoises

SUP Englewood’s “Coffee & Conservation” series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher to…
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History: The notable pets of 20th Century Gasparilla Island

BY JAMES J. BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY George Eliot, famous novelist, poet, and one of the leading writers of…