Editor’s Note: Anna explored Lynn Steger’s new Florida novel for the recent Sept/Oct Gasparilla Magazine. For November, she talks to David Kushner, author of “Ocean of Bones,” to be released Nov. 3…
Above, the late Tom and Annette Dignam. Photo submitted
Thomas “Tom” Dignam, a lifelong Englewood resident, businessman, community leader, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and devo…
BY CAPT. CATHY EAGLE
I find the great egret to be an intriguing and beautiful bird. I often see them at the dock at the Tarpon Lodge in Pineland as I am getting my boat ready. The egrets often st…
The Fort Myers City Council approved Ronald A. Dente Jr. to serve as their new city attorney, while Lilliana Baker was sworn in as city clerk during the council’s Sept. 21 meeting.
Both were sele…
A USA Today survey apparently puts Boca Grande among the best of the “not dumpy” Florida cities. The roundup by Phil Fernandez of the USA Today network, tried to create a “Dumpy Scale” of Florida ci…
On the evening of Dec. 3, Cherie Ingordo-DeVaux, trainer of Golden Tempo, the winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, will be speaking at Chophouse285 in Englewood to benefit the Lemon Bay High School Sc…
As you pick your dates or make your plans to return to your island residence, please remember to notify our office to change your address for mailing your newspaper. Call us at (941) 964-2995 or ema…
The Boca Beacon offices will be closed next week on Friday, Oct. 2 for pest tenting. It is not a Christo art project. Email is available at info@bocabeacon.com but phone will not be available.
Winnie, the Golden, is on her way to Boca Grande from the North Woods of Minnesota. She’s hoping to arrive in time for the first Boca Grande Camera Club Meeting on Nov. 17. …
