Construction is set to begin within the month on a community in Coral Vista Circle off Placida Road. Lewis Maguire Homes LLC, a construction company specializing in single- and multi-family proper…
A property at 12555 Placida Road, just across from Placida Park at the entrance to the Boca Grande Causeway, is getting a cleanup courtesy of Charlotte County.
“Our county demolition vend…
A Dogs for Dogs fund-raiser is being held on Saturday, March 16 to raise funds for the last 25 percent of Suncoast Humane Society’s capital campaign for their new campus.
“There is no other pla…
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 Leck…
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 th…
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 cap…
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 …
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 …
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 fam…
