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Mosquito season here; call Lee or Charlotte; thousands of eggs in each square foot

With the summer months comes the start of Florida’s peak mosquito season. Two jurisdictions cover mosquito control for Gasp…
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Sheriff house funds matched by Lee Commission

The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to match the Boca Grande Disaster Fund’s contributions to replace the Lee C…
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Quick emergency response saves hand

Victim appears at press conference The nine-year-old survivor of last week’s shark attack near 22nd Street sat for a pre…
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Post Office: Box numbers still safe with renewals 

An expired credit card left a Boca Grande resident unable to renew h…
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Planned change for coontie plants on Bike Path

BY THE GICIA The GICIA has undertaken a $1.3 million landscape re…
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Rethink on coontie plan for the Bike Path

In 2014, Nancy Sodel’s prized doberman, Cole, was killed after eating the berries and leaves of a coontie palm, which had j…
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Plan to restrict beach parking moves ahead

During the Tuesday, June 17 Board of Lee County Commissioners meeting, Chairman Kevin Ruane replaced the previously propose…
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Calm, clear waters with excellent results, memories

Get the family out this summer Summer is here and it’s hot. We still have great fishing options. Here are some ideas…

This date in the Boca Beacon

FIVE YEARS AGO One hundred locals participated in Paddle for Peace water excursion to the Boca Grande sandbar. The event…

Last-minute additions on a matter of consequence

Surprise is the supremely effective tactic of war, in history and legend: Troy and the Trojan War, Trenton at Christmas, Te…