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Blessing the transom at Habitat House in Port Charlotte
A crew from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church assisted in the construction of the Sexton house in Port Charlotte. The volun…
Cape Haze Flotilla
The Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 99, is holding a Boat America Course on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at…
Remembering the railroad bascule bridge removal
Above, a 1980s photo of what is believed to be the bridge in New York. Readers can help us by remembering where it might ha…
This date in the Boca Beacon: Boca Blooms Grande Opening
FIVE YEARS AGO
Suncoast Humane launched the “Get ‘Em Home” projec…
Many more blue dolpins patrolling in the chill ahead
The dolphins were out and the mullet were jumping this weekend on th…
Grande Stitches holds January trunk show
Janice Hursen of Grande Stitches is holding an in-store trunk show featuring Julie Pischke Designs throughout the month of…
Mobile library bikes through Boca Grande
Last Friday, the Fust Library’s mobile bicycle unit was out with some of the latest bestsellers. Here, Stacy Bak with t…
Crews Bank features Susan Shaffer
Once again, the Boca Grande Art Center partners with Crews Bank & Trust to present rotating local artists’ exhibits at…
EcoWatch: 2026 Year of the Horse … or is it?
“No,” he said, “that is more than a horse can understand, but the enemy must have been awfully wicked people, if it was rig…
Telephone pole proximity, tides, complicate sewer pipe fix
DeJonge Excavating Contractors are working with the Gasparilla Island Water Association and Lee County and Florida Power an…











