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…
This week, two bits of news bear mention and comment.
The first is that in Lee County, the apartment vacancy rate has spiked to 20.3 percent, with the highest rental vacancy rate for any major me…
Tuesday, the Charlotte County Commission approved, by a 3-2 vote, a plan to turn a former citrus grove into a yard waste disposal site and “nature preserve” as the centerpiece of a large housing dev…
This Thursday morning, just before deadline, the sky had almost no clouds. The air was a series of off colors, a sort of light amber near where the sun was rising, and a bluish gray tint everywhere…
One of the most important tasks of local media is the coverage of meetings. As the number of newspapers has decreased nationwide, and other media outlets disappear, meeting coverage has also diminis…
The phrase “you can just do things” has been hanging out on the internet in recent years.
The phrase may have many origins. In the movie “The Dark Knight,” the Joker compared himself to a dog ch…
