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Windy was an understatement: 60+ mph winds recorded on Solstice Day
On Tuesday morning, Dec. 21 it was one of those mornings when you saw a lot of people looking concerned and asking one anot…
Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO reflects on challenges and blessings of a year of change
By Mark Driscoll, CEO of the Boca Grande Health Clinic
As 2021 draws to a close, it seems only appropriate to reflect on…
An in-depth look into the Royal Palm Players’ ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
By Nancy White
Twas a night before Christmas … 10 nights to be…
Drivers, please drive the ‘right’ way on the street behind the post office
The following is a message from Lt. Jeff Corkhill, Lee County Sherif…
An Island Christmas Poem
Twas the night before Christmas
and all around
No noses were frozen, no snow
fluttered down.
No children in fla…
The Boca Beacon … daily? In a sense, yes
There’s a big change on the horizon for your weekly island newspaper. The Boca Beacon’s website will be keeping you up to d…
‘Magna Carta’ collection in Boca Grande: Preserving the past
It all started with a phone call. “Approximately a year ago, we received a call,” began Jim Blaha of The Boca Grande Histor…











