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Update on Post Office: No date yet for reopening
June 12, 2025
While there is no date for the reopening of the Boca Grande Post Office, the USPS has updated the island on repair status for the Beacon.
“The repairs at the Boca Grande Post Office are ongoing,”…
Shark bite reported on 22nd Street in Boca Grande
June 11, 2025
A little after noon on Wednesday, June 11, a child was injured by an apparent shark bite on the 2200 block of Shore Lane, according to Lee EMS alerts.
The 911 alert, which went out at 12:11 p…
Kids Tarpon Tournament to be held Saturday, June 7
June 6, 2025
The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Saturday, June 7.
This year, Amelia Besant will be singing the National A…
Parking draft differences in club email
June 6, 2025
Church group questions wording
Emails being sent out to support a proposed parking regulation in Boca Grande have not clarified details sought by Gilchrist Avenue churches.
An email sent out…
Cart collision on 7th Street
June 5, 2025
The accident last Thursday. Photos by Anna
Last Thursday, May 29 around 2:22 p.m., two golf carts collided in the middle of the GICIA bike path at 7th Street, with “one cart rolled” according to…
Busy Memorial Day, but traffic just under last year on weekend
May 29, 2025
On Saturday, May 24, during the Boca H2O Festival, a teenage boy was struck by a boat propeller, breaking his leg.
The festival is held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and…
No formal county parking proposal from Lee County
May 29, 2025
Lee County is currently working on an ordinance revising parking regulations in Boca Grande. While there is a draft version circulating on island, the county was not ready to share a new version at…
County plans $1.7 million tennis, pickleball facility
May 29, 2025
On the agenda for the next Lee County Commissioners meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3 is the item to approve the contract to renovate Wheeler Road Community Park.
Item Number 19 on th…
Memorial Day landscaping for Boca Grande Veteran’s Memorial
May 22, 2025
Editor’s Note: The flag is up!
While the American flag may not be up by Memorial Day, the Boca Grande Veterans Memorial at 5th and Gilchrist is at least landscaped and ready, after help from The…
Preschool house sale nets $2.4 million
May 22, 2025
The owners of a Gilchrist property, who wish to remain anonymous, have sold their house, the proceeds of which will assist in funding the new preschool building’s construction.
The house wa…