The 6th Annual Captain’s Cup competition, in honor of Phil Woods, was played Friday and Saturday of last week at the Lemon Bay Golf Club. It was a Ryder Cup team competition. David Hunter captained…
You can’t make this stuff up; yes, it could really happen.
I’m still acquiring details, but the current 46th Secretary of Commerce is proposing Amendment 59, which covers bottom fish closures for…
BY LAMAR TOOLE
New Jersey farmer-grown flowers were in bloom at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Wednesday, Jan. 8, offsetting a gray landscape outside. Inside, Boca Grande Garden Club m…
Longtime golfer and Boca Beacon columnist Phil Woods will be honored at the Lemon Bay Golf Club this Friday and Saturday when they play The Captain’s Cup this weekend.
Woods was a contributor dur…
Residents of Boca Grande have been seeing jet vacuum trucks cleaning up drains and sewers. The work is part of a master contract from Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for road repairs.
“Lee DOT…
Lee County has announced that a number of beach access points have officially reopened on Gasparilla Island. The beach access points, part of Lee County Parks & Recreation, were closed after Hur…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The middle of winter arctic fronts have arrived here in southwest Florida, but the backcountry fishing has been unbrrr-lievably good!
With nighttime air temperatures…
Severe weather events are the scourge of golf course superintendents, causing bunker washouts, downed trees, and other adverse conditions rendering courses unplayable. Locally, it might present as P…
We are now two weeks into a moderate bout of red tide.
If you want to study the science of red tide, explore sites like Mote Marine Lab or any of the other facilities that are researching it. Inf…
One of Florida’s most famous animals, the American Alligator, has been avoiding me for some time. I intend to find out why.
It was finals week at the University of Missouri when I received an int…
