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May 28, 2026
This week, a particularly welcome sight appeared at the Placida Boat Ramp: a trailer full of blue crab traps, tended by crabbers heading out to Charlotte Harbor and Lemon Bay. It is that season once…

May 28, 2026
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Tarpon season is well underway here in Boca Grande and we are having a great year so far! The island is buzzing with talks of tarpon, from tournament wins to big fish sto…

May 21, 2026
To the Editor: Thanks to the Boca Beacon for supporting the blue barrel campaign this season! Boca Grande residents were very supportive of this effort and generous in their donations.  N…

May 21, 2026
To the Editor: I am a west County resident on Williamsburg Way in Englewood. We were witness to and delighted by the establishment of the Amberjack Preserve and have enjoyed access to “Lemon Lake…

May 21, 2026
I was able to enjoy up-close observations at this year’s tarpon fishing events. Smitty from Hudson’s was my teammate on our committee boat. Capt. Charley Coleman was generous and donated his 23 Dora…

May 21, 2026
Tonight marks the end of a great American institution. CBS Radio, after 99 years, will broadcast its final news program Friday at 11:30 p.m., Eastern Time. CBS Radio News, the last surviving part of…

May 21, 2026
In Flanders Fields In Flanders Field, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row. That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid th…

May 14, 2026
To the Editor:  A special thank you to the staff of the Beacon for the coverage and support they gave to the Boca  Grande Preschool’s Groundbreaking Ceremony. Additional thanks to Boca…

May 14, 2026
To the Editor: I read, with a sense of irony, the GICIA’s poorly disguised attempt to put lipstick on the pig that is the Lee County parking ordinance 25-16. The GICIA toots its own horn in wanti…

May 14, 2026
BY SUSAN HANAFEE We picked up our new Toyota RAV hybrid yesterday – a moment of joy coupled with complete bewilderment. It seems that new cars are more “complicated” than they used to be. That’s…