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Affordable housing meeting October 15

The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee has scheduled a meeting at 10 a.m., Oct. 15, 2025 at the Family Services Center…
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OPINION: CAPT. VAN HUBBARD

Serious costs ahead for advanced wastewater treatment We have a serious problem with wastewater treatment. We’re dumping…

This date in the Boca Beacon: Galleria closure, Anchor Inn and sunken treasure

FIVE YEARS AGO Written and produced by Erica Ress Martin and directed by Priscilla Masselink, “Boca Boys” debuted on You…
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Many more will be looking at the water

This week, the new Mote SEA Aquarium opened in Sarasota, just outsid…
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EcoWatch: Saying goodbye too soon. Jane Goodall 10/1/25

BY DELORES SAVAS You cannot get through a single day without…
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SW Florida Fishing: G.I.F.T.’s 30th coming up!

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE It’s starting to feel like fall here in Boca Grande and the fish in the backcountry are fired u…
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Hurricanes effect on turtle nests; ten remaining as October goes

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY If you’ve watched the local TV news or read a local newspaper these past couple of weeks…
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Arrest for driving under influence

In the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 27, Tanner Stewart was arrested for driving under the influence in Englewood. At a…
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Jet Ski theft at Placida Ramp

The theft of a jet ski in August at the Placida Boat Ramp was reported on Sept. 21.  A black 2021 Yamaha jet ski wa…
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Report of trespassing; first believed part of ‘pool party’ 

Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, Deputy Angelo Lanni of Lee County Sheriffs Department responded to a report of trespas…