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Making the AI mind, and book destruction

BY BRENT MCCONNELL Claude, Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT exist only as hardware and software. They have no childhood, no life…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Pickup softball at Wheeler

FIVE YEARS AGO As the temperature heated up, heat exposure cases and heat-related illnesses increased. TEN YEARS AGO…

A dead Charlotte citrus farm, now a dump and mine

Tuesday, the Charlotte County Commission approved, by a 3-2 vote, a plan to turn a former citrus grove into a yard waste di…

Bonnie Simonds 1938-2026

Bonnie Helen Simonds passed away on July 22 in Englewood, Florida. B…

Peter Diebold 1938-2026

Peter DeWitt Diebold was born November 13, 1938, in Buffalo, New Yor…
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Building losses and danger from lightning strikes, often 

Above, lightning poses dangers to buildings and people, in this 2024 photo taken near the Range Light. Sandi Firtion Fl…
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Drive, Chip and Putt at Lemon Bay

The Drive, Chip and Putt, a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on th…
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The Boca Beacon around the world: El Salvador

Can’t wait to … HAM-IT-UP Take your Boca Beacon newspaper around the world and show us how much fun you had! With c…
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SW Florida Fishing: 2026 Tarpon Season jump shots

A last look at the 2026 tarpon season jumping tarpon from this year’s tourneys photographed by local photographers Angie Mi…
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Waterside dump project site at Charlotte Commission on July 28

The approval for a site restoration plan for a 300-acre former orange grove in the eastern part of Charlotte County on Berm…