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Tech market to support local Charlotte Technical students

Charlotte Technical College is starting a new vendor market on its campus. This event hopes to bring in 100 vendors, food t…
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Centennial Fishing Pier now reopened on Coral Creek  

Centennial Fishing Pier, located at 14021 Gasparilla Road in Placida is now open after a brief closure. The pier is on Cora…
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TSA Pre-Check days 

Punta Gorda Airport and IDEMIA are hosting a TSA PreCheck enrollment event, ready to make your U.S. travel easier. If you’r…
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Charlotte County sets budget meetings for next Tuesday, July 28

The Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a public hearing at 10…
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Check alerts, policies in advance of storm season

BY LEE COUNTY Lee County is encouraging homeowners to be “flood a…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Cera made island iguana trapper

FIVE YEARS AGO Two serious golf cart accidents occurred with two occupants life flighted to a trauma center and others t…

Perhaps you can join the Cloud Appreciation Society

This Thursday morning, just before deadline, the sky had almost no clouds. The air was a series of off colors, a sort of li…
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The Boca Beacon around the world: California

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: The tarpon bite is still on …

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE A windy week here in Boca Grande had made the tarpon fishing a little sporty in the Pass. But i…
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EcoWatch: Hurricane preparedness plan for survival odds

We cannot stop natural disasters, but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there…