To stand in the new exhibit room at the Crowninshield House, with its completed exhibits, is a wonder – especially considering where the Boca Grande Historical Society was after Hurricane Helene…
On Saturday, Charlotte Commissioner Joe Tiseo came to Cape Haze to talk to residents about issues and see the newly renovated Cape Haze Community Center. It was the unofficial re-re-opening of that…
Last weekend, even on Sunday, Lee County was out and about on the island putting up new parking signs. Yes, on Sunday. We’re scratching our heads as to when we last saw a government officer out on a…
Last week, America’s coastal cities were obsessed with general high water up and down almost every waterfront. This time it was an October supermoon that, combined with companion storms and winds fa…
This week, the new Mote SEA Aquarium opened in Sarasota, just outside the University Town Center mall. The oft-told local angle is important to retell, as there are many lessons from its 1955 foundi…
Let me give you a better penny.
Those were the last words at the end of a cash transaction at Hudson’s Grocery this week. To celebrate the seasonal reopening of the island grocery, this editor we…
It is 6:05 a.m. along “this here” Gulf of America. Those there lights blink off the coast, on the barges pumping sand across the water, to the shoreline. Up in the air, the Range Light blinks its si…
A question came up this week about the role of the “Editorial” page in the Boca Beacon. Most born before 1980 or so have grown up with newspapers, and some have read daily and weekly papers from the…
The public assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is a reminder of the fragility of free speech in America. Kirk dealt with hard questions and tried to bring those with different op…
Next Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, our own Boca Grande Fire Department will celebrate its new Silver King engine and Megalodon tender by having a “push in” ceremony to commemorate this new equipment. It…
