Above, 2023 renderings of the Fishery project. Beacon archives
Project has an approved site plan
Plans for an on-island sales office for the Fishery development in Placida are reportedly takin…
Lee County Department of Transportation is repairing the damage from recent hurricanes on Belcher Road nearest to Gasparilla Island State Park. According to Betsy Clayton of Lee County’s public…
Above, Capt. Cody Chivas last week in the Bayou. Photo by Garland
An osprey rescued Sunday behind the Innlet in the Bayou is now recovering at Peace River Wildlife Center in Punta Gorda.
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A group from the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami last week planted 767 orchids through Sam Murphy Park and the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association Bike Path as part…
Lee County has the highest total number of manatee deaths in the state for 2026 so far, according to newly released preliminary manatee mortality data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…
The Gasparilla Inn has purchased the old 3rd Street Bistro. The sale, from owners Kevin and Barbara McLaughlin, was expected to close this week.
“What Barbara and Kevin did with that property ope…
The trucks assembled outside the condo on Sunday. Photo by Trey Winter.
A lightning strike was the cause of a roof fire at a condo on the east side of Boca Grande North that began sometime before…
A storm debris dump near Punta Gorda, which had been pulled from the consent agenda back in May, narrowly passed at the Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners meeting…
The approval for a site restoration plan for a 300-acre former orange grove in the eastern part of Charlotte County on Bermont Road will have a public hearing at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28 at the Ch…
Mila Wyman never misses a chance to ride the waves in the area and with tropical storm Bertha in the upper Gulf, waves came to Gasparilla Island. Coming from a birthday surf trip from El Salvad…
