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. …
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Right, the trash. Above, Peffley and Foster on PVC pipe patrol. Photos submitted
Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers Anthony Peffley and Joe Foster took on some extr…
Above, Terry Cochran from the Sheriff’s Office spoke on behalf of the e-bike study and state law requirements. Charlotte County screenshots
A new contract for West County iguana eradication…
Work focused on invasives
Above, Wendy and Jeff Hogan with invasives. Photo by Garland
Nineteen volunteers showed up for a cleanup effort at the Gasparilla Island State Park Range Light on S…
The Lee Board of County Commissioners will pause the process for proposed amendments to the Lee Plan and corresponding updates to the Land Development Code. As a result, the amendments will no longe…
Due to below-average rainfall during the 2025 and 2026 summer rainy seasons, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has extended its Modified Phase III “Extreme” Water Shortage for much of…
As a part of hurricane preparedness, the Boca Grande Fire Department is reminding the island of high-voltage battery safety for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
Lithium-ion batteries supply…
Photographer & local historian
Talk to John Foster Bass IV and it is just as obvious you are in the present as in the past. Bass is a local photographer and diver, involved with a number of l…
Charlotte County government meetings for the coming week.
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, 5:01 p.m. – Final Budget Public Hearing, Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center, 75 Taylor St., Punta Gor…
