Skip to main content

Community

Island helping island: Gas from GI goes to LGI

October 13, 2022
Boca Grande Charities, Inc. – a charitable foundation founded by Capt. Sandy Melvin (and now includes Ron Walker and Pat Waterhouse) – helped save the day regarding fuel, not only on Gasparilla Isla…

Coach Kiesling, retiring? No, not really

August 5, 2022
If you were to find ten young adults who grew up in Boca Grande during the 2000s and ask them who the most influential people in their lives were, you can be guaranteed a good number of them would s…

Island roads, south bike path undergoing repairs

July 8, 2022
The roadwork scheduled for Boca Grande has begun. In April the Lee County Department of Transportation approved a plan on behalf of Lee County commissioners that partners the county with Ajax Paving…

VOTE! 2022 Primary election information you should know 

July 1, 2022
The Lee County Supervisor of Elections office will mail new voter information cards to all active Lee County voters this month. The voter information cards will include the voter’s personal informat…

Around the Town

July 1, 2022
p14Download

Around the Town

June 24, 2022
Boca Beacon backpages p14-1Download

Boca Bargains to hold second sale this Saturday

June 17, 2022
You thought you’d seen the last of them, as they packed up their wares last weekers, but they had a vision and made a decision to host more furniture seekers. From nine ‘til noon this Sa…

Around the Town

June 16, 2022
Celebrating Flag Day and more … p16-2Download

AROUND THE TOWN: With Chef Tim Spain, Effie and Savannah

May 6, 2022
Chef Tim Spain and his assistants, Effie Joiner and Savannah Pope, put on quite the spread at a recent island dinner party. On the menu was tuna poke with plantain chips, a charcuterie board, carame…