“Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.”
Peter Benchley, American author and co-author of the movie adaptation of Jaws.
Peter Benc…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Spring is here and the weather this week has been great! It seems that for the time being we have broken the windy weather patterns we’ve experienced the last few weeks a…
Lee County Parks and Recreation has opened the 19th Street paddle craft launch as well as beach accesses on 1st, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 19th streets.
Access at…
Lee County has posted the agenda for the next Board of County Commissioners meeting, on which there is an item to “Direct to Public Hearing Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance Amendments.”
The it…
Charlotte County announced that the southern entrance to Englewood Beach parking lot will reopen on Wednesday, April 2, providing pedestrian access onto the beach. Parking spaces will be limited…
“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.”
Diana Cooper, poet and author
The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The snook have been biting in the backcountry this week! Lots of really nice sized snook have begun to show up around the mangrove islands and they have been hungry. From…
Congratulations to Phil Dreiss for discovering a hidden Castaway Flat Stanley at Barnichol Harware!
The BIPS Green Gala Flat Stanley Scavenger Hunt can be played by finding a “Flat Stanley” at a…
Cousins Tate (19 months) and Ella Bowen (22 months) had a great time at the Johann Fust Library’s Family Story Time with Toni Vanover.
Photo by Christine Bowen
Susan Carruthers was the first person to receive her 2025 4-Digit directory. Copies can be obtained at the Beacon’s office at 431 Park Ave., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Copies are also a…
