Back in the fall of 1956, exactly 70 years ago, William H. Whyte Jr.’s landmark book “The Organization Man” debuted. The nonfiction sociology study mirrored another parallel bestseller, Sloan Wilson…
We are in a surreal movie when the Lee Commission, meeting one and a half hours away in Fort Myers, is pondering about when people can park for church. But that’s where we are with Boca Grande in th…
This week, the Beacon attended the celebration of the opening of the renovated G.C. Herring Park in Rotonda West.
Details and photos are inside. It is a superb facility, and facilities for outing…
Last weekend, the beaches were clean. No actual hurricanes depositing refrigerators, boats and back porches. The volunteers, all from off-island, signed up for duty for the Barrier Island Parks Soci…
Occasionally, it is helpful to address a number of issues as we see them. A few thoughts for a mid-September, in A.D. 2026:
1. The diesel goes upward: It is not news that gas and diesel prices (n…
It is now 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001. The question of how to remember that day, and that time, is still unresolved. Do we turn on the TV again, to horror-watch those fateful morning TV moments, w…
Last week, this editorial page celebrated a modest and (in a way) bountiful crop of butternut squash in Cape Haze, all taken from a volunteer seed. The seed came from Charlotte DOT grass turf from f…
At the Beacon, we are blessed with a staff that has a love for what grows around us. A few weeks ago, Daniel Godwin, our art director, brought in a tiny pineapple grown in his yard. It was cute, in…
On Tuesday, all three local commissioner incumbents with opponents were voted out. They are all Republicans, so this primary election is, likely, the actual election, though candidates are running a…
At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There is hardly a space in the parking lot. The first room is filled with people c…
