Above, Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass on Tuesday. Screenshot
At the Tuesday, Oct. 20 Lee County Board of Commissioners regular meeting, commissioners voted to approve Charlotte County’s amended r…
Just after 1 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, Deputy Nicholas Garber with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, responded to Gilchrist Avenue and 4th Street in reference to a stolen vehicle.
Upon arrival, Dep…
Candidate questions for Lee and Charlotte county commission
Editor’s note: The Beacon sent a set of identical questions relating to Boca Grande to all candidates still running in Lee and Charlott…
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office held a groundbreaking for the Sheriff’s Cottage replacement on Wheeler Road. The groundbreaking event was held Thursday, Oct. 22. Representatives from across the comm…
Above, Thomas David, Charlotte County attorney. Screenshot
Boca Grande parking was a major topic at the Oct. 13 Charlotte County Board of County Commissioner’s meeting. During the public input po…
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection published submitted plans for the rebuilding of the Placida Fishing Pier. The pier is a long-awaited reconstruction after recen…
Above, the parking areas where no parking signs went up in September around the Palm Island Transit ferry area of Placida Road. Charlotte graphic
A representative from Palm Island Transit Inc. ca…
Whidden’s Marina will celebrate its centennial with a family fun Fish Fry and Music. The event will be Saturday, Oct. 17 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event promises Good Food, Great Company and Lasting T…
Disaster fund project
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office will hold a groundbreaking for a new Sheriff’s Cottage on Wheeler Road, to replace the old one damaged during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. …
Above, the USS Nourmahal in Havana during World War II. The photo is from the National Archives, and was after she was requisitioned by the Navy as PG 72. Before that the Nourmahal was used by the U…
