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An update to The Lee Plan, which directs land use and development across the county, would eliminate the stand-alone commun…

Construction activity is progressing with major equipment now mobilized on site for the rebuilding of the Fort Myers Beach…

BY BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Editor’s Note: This installment is the last of a six-week series on local wildlife prov…

Claire Bissell, age 95, passed away of natural causes on August 27…

New at the Boca Grande Fire Department A 35-year-old former Marin…

BY ERNIE VANDERWALT A drone pilot flying the north tip of Anna Maria Island, Florida, has captured footage of a piebald…

BY SUSAN HANAFEE At my annual physical a couple of weeks ago, the doctor asked if I wake up in the morning feeling refre…

FIVE YEARS AGO Lee County School Board mandated masks for all schools including The Island School. The mandate would be…

Last week, this editorial page celebrated a modest and (in a way) bountiful crop of butternut squash in Cape Haze, all take…

Mention of the summer sale at Ariel in the Boca Beacon’s Ballyhoo prompted this group of lovely ladies to travel out, take…