This season the Boca Grande Art Center is pleased and grateful to offer rotating displays of their exhibiting artists’ works at the island’s recently re-opened Crews Bank & Trust on Park Avenue…
The Suncoast Humane Society is having an opening celebration this week for its new campus at 2620 Worth Avenue in Englewood.
Suncoast is also hosting a “Raise The Woof Community Day” from 10 a.m…
Lee County Solid Waste has announced that debris collection for Hurricane Milton has concluded for unincorporated areas of mainland Lee County in addition to Boca Grande, Captiva and Pine Island. Co…
This season, the white pelicans returned to the area, and are now decamping on some of the new sandy flats created by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. In their yearly migrations, they find time to rest…
The Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic opens on Saturday, Jan. 18.
The all-island tournament, sponsored by the Boca Beacon’s publisher, Dusty Hopkins, will be held at the Boca Bay Pass Club, The Ga…
Boca Grande residents called Lee County about the dead mullet on beaches. As of Wednesday, Lee County Parks & Recreation had brought a dumpster and a surf rake to beaches.
The equipment, acco…
It is time for The Island School’s Ninth Annual Chowder Dinner on Friday, Jan. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m., at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club.
There are 18 restaurants and eateries participating this ye…
A new promotional board for the Boca Grande Fishing Guide Association is part of a wider effort to promote traditional fishing guides in Boca Grande. The association, which replaced the board just b…
It’s a new year, but I’m stuck reminiscing about old observations.
I’ve read several older books about fishing; it’s amazing that it took me 70 years to discover that I didn’t invent the wheel. W…
Bishop Douglas Scharf of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida has appointed the Rev. Michelle L. Robertshaw as provost of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, effective February 16. Her first se…
