After a complete course renovation, Lemon Bay celebrated Thursday, Nov. 30 with a grand re-opening party. It was more than that, and included a marking of the founding of the club, with inaugural …
When a group of Cape Haze residents met last month with Charlotte County officials about a proposed sewer project in their neighborhood, they had a new set of data: water quality tests taken by a …
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.”
Lewis Carroll
There is now a great push…
Gasparilla Island State Park is finishing a restoration project to remove invasive plants from the southern half of the island, north of Boca Grande Pass.
Restoration projects are frequently u…
The Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic dates for 2024 have been set.
The tournament, sponsored by the Boca Beacon’s publisher, Dusty Hopkins, will be held at the Boca Bay Pass Club, The Gasp…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
An amazing Thanksgiving week of fishing in Boca Grande. Look for the redfish near man- groves and deeper edges, the majority of the reds are on the smaller side, but s…
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
Fly fishing for snook, reds, trout, baby tarpon and false albacore in Charlotte Harbor has been great. The waters are really starting to cool off and the fish are pushing …
Community croquet is back for its second year of play on the “great lawn” at the Boca Grande Community Center. The father and daughter team of Hans and Rebecca Peterson will be leading the no-stre…
Doris Mager, the woman who thrilled Boca Grande audiences for more than 35 years with her rescue birds, has passed away. She was 98 and left us on November 16, 2023, after suffering a heart attack…
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Lee County opened up a new dog entertainment facility at Wheeler Road Community Park, 305 Wheeler Road
Amy Wickman and Jason Mitchell, pictured above…
