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Letters: Dear islanders: Try a blower-free Christmas week

To the Editor: Leaf blowers driving you inside? Glad you’re not home when your neighbors’ crews are scheduled? Have you…

Letters: Improved access to beaches with management

To the Editor: Gasparilla Island State Park is an oceanfront treasure. This resource is currently underused. The state p…
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Charlotte County adds to beach funds at Tuesday meeting

Charlotte County approved an amendment to an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the reno…
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Wrapping up another year and wishing you a very Merry Christmas

We tend to reflect more at this time of the year, especially as we g…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Whidden’s restoration and museum

FIVE YEARS AGO GIWA’s Water Reclamation Facility had completed th…

Such are promises during an eventful week

Christmas is on, even at the Baby Publix, where The Salvation Army is out with a red bucket crew. We thank our friends at P…

She said ‘Yes!’

On Nov. 30 at the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse beach, Austin Taylor proposed to Hannah Amen, and she accepted! Hannah is…

Sidemen of Note at the Crowninshield

Tab Laven, Eddie Kilgallon and Jeff Dayton with Sidemen of Note performed to a sold-out crowd on Tuesday evening, Dec. 9 at…

Fa La La La Luncheon

United Women in Faith hosted the Fa La La La Luncheon on Monday, Dec. 8 at Lighthouse United Methodist Church. The luncheon…
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The Island Golfer: Lemon Bay and Coral Creek chart their paths forward

Change is inevitable is an oft-used phrase that applies to most everything in life. No more so than around here where the l…