BY TALIA ECKSTEIN
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, in the St. Andrew’s Chapter House to review two proposals. The two special certificates o…
Charlotte County Community Services will be hosting a public meeting at Rotonda Community Park at 6 p.m., June 5, to discuss and gather feedback on the master planning of amenities at Rotonda Commun…
This summer’s license-free fishing weekends are on June 7-8 for saltwater and June 14-15 for freshwater. Residents and visitors are encouraged to explore the many recreational fishing opportunities…
Editor’s Note: Last month, the Boca Beacon filed a public records request with Lee County on issues related to Boca Grande parking. In the files, there are interesting tidbits related to Gasparilla…
With this year’s back-to-back winning of the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, the Boca Beacon has compiled a list of historical winners of the tarpon season below. One name that has come up over a…
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…
Residents have been heading out to the GICIA Bike Path, and other locations across island, to visit night-blooming cereuses.
Resident Ellen Cornwell was out Monday evening and photographed the p…
Moonshine takes second place
Boca Blue took first place at the 11th Annual Red Gill Tarpon Tournament last Sunday, May 25.
Red Gill is hosted by William Woodroffe and benefits the Gasparilla I…
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…
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…
