Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keep your generator gassed up, cash on hand … and not just because of hurricanes
June 15, 2023
To the Editor:
As we go about our daily lives, watching our country self-destruct and slouching toward oblivion, there have been concerning developments far away that receive little attenti…
THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON
June 8, 2023
Boca Beacon backpages
FIVE YEARS AGO
“Faithful II” took first place in the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, and Kris Boyden was just about done with deadly objects falling from the sky around h…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t forget to check before digging
June 8, 2023
To the Editor:
Hurricane season has finally arrived, and as you share advice with your readers to best prepare them, there is one simple step they can take to help keep them safe and avoid…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Commissioners approve initiatives to address housing needs
June 8, 2023
To the Editor:
The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve two measures to assist people affected by Hurricane Ian with housing needs.
The Board voted to approve an am…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: If you’re out boating, use caution around Caloosahatchee River, blue-green algal toxins found
June 8, 2023
To the Editor:
The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Caloosahatchee River – Fort Myers Shores. Residents…
EDITORIAL: A wondrous little school, a rare opportunity for our children
June 1, 2023
This week is one I have been dreading and looking forward to all at the same time. The youngest of my five children will be graduating from The Island School and moving on to bigger things. This was…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Buchan Airport celebrates top-flight scholars
June 1, 2023
To the Editor:
After a record attendance of nearly two thousand people during last year’s 15th annual Buchan Fly-In, the Scholarship Committee decided to move ahead and award three well-des…