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JF Library Foundation presents Layng Martine Jr.

February 23, 2023
The Johann Fust Library Foundation is excited to present accomplished songwriter and author Layng Martine, Jr., who will speak in the library loggia on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 4 p.m. Layng’s st…

Remember this view? It’s back!

February 23, 2023
It took a minute, but the kayak launch at 19th Street is back in business! The launch, part of the Great Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail (a 190-mile marked canoe and kayak trail that meanders throug…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Ched McConnell

February 23, 2023
Indomitable is kind of an old fashioned word. You don’t hear it used much today. If you say someone has an indomitable spirit, you admire them because they never give up or admit they have been de…

WRONG KEY

February 23, 2023

HORTOONS

February 23, 2023

RED TIDE REPORT FOR WEEK OF 2/24/2023

February 23, 2023
Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 107 samples from and offshore of Southwest Florida, and one from Florida’s East Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cel…

GUEST EDITORIAL: FWC makes several announcements after meetings

February 23, 2023
SUBMITTED BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Commissioners with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) directed staff to take bold steps to protect Fl…

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

February 23, 2023
Boca Beacon backpages FIVE YEARS AGO Work began on the new Gasparilla Island Water Association, The Island School held their annual Friendship Dance and the Pine Leaf Boys were shakin’ it at…

Lee County Sheriff and staff meet with island organization heads to discuss employment of person on sex offender list

February 16, 2023
Sometimes, doing the right thing and enforcing important laws isn’t as easy as it sounds. Such is the case with the continuing saga of a person hired by two island organizations who, it was discov…