BY CAM WATTS, NANCY LECKERLING, JON LECKERLING AND MARK HORAN
Since the last reporting in the February 2, 2024 Boca Beacon, the Friends of Tennis Committee, led by Cam Watts, Nancy and Jon Lecker…
Sheriff’s office had held off on adopting Motorola recorders
As a result of a county-wide purchase of bodycams from Motorola, Lee County deputies on Gasparilla Island are now wearing body cams…
Early voting for the upcoming presidential preference primary begins Saturday, March 9 for Lee County and Monday, March 4 for Charlotte County.
Florida is a closed primary state, which means that…
The steering committee for Gasparilla Island’s new Auxiliary Emergency Communications system met Monday morning at the Boca Grande Fire Department to hear a presentation about the new system’s capab…
Longtime employees, friends, rally to cause of lost fathers
Three of the four men lost off the coast near Venice in an apparent fishing boat accident on Feb. 17 were employees of Safety Harbor Bu…
A new, 256-unit condo complex called Pelican Cove is proposed along Placida Road, near Hacienda Condos and across from the Coral Caye development.
The 25-acre project with address 8019 Placida Ro…
This month’s “Cars and Coffee” is an extra special one, because John Zahner and Liz Leeds of Michael Saunders and Company are teaming up with WINK news to raise money to feed Southwest Florida famil…
General Partner and Vice Chairperson of the New York Yankees and Boca Grande homeowner Jennifer “Jenny” Steinbrenner Swindal attended the screening of “It Ain’t Over” on Wednesday morning of the 202…
About 17 Boca Grande citizens came out Saturday, Feb. 9 for a meeting at the Community Center on the situation with the U.S. Postal Service in Boca Grande.
The meeting was facilitated by a posta…
Editor’s Note: This electronic story was updated after deadline to include comments and an an update from Lee County.
A wheelchair-accessible access point at 5th Street, damaged during recent hur…
