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…
Editor’s Note: This is one of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our island communities. This week, the American wh…
To the Editor:
Having been deeply involved in fighting Charlotte County’s overdevelopment crisis on behalf of neighbors countywide, I can speak from experience: re-elect Commissioners Chris Const…
BY BRENT MCCONNELL
Claude, Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT exist only as hardware and software. They have no childhood, no life experience, nothing resembling a brain. While my dog still hasn’t fully co…
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…
A last look at the 2026 tarpon season jumping tarpon from this year’s tourneys photographed by local photographers Angie Mills and Matt Gutman with help from Rick Montgomery too.
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Above, the old streetcar which ran from 1910 on. Boca Beacon archives
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
The year 1900 marked the start of a new era, of course, in the U.S. and in B…
Above, a nest near downtown washed away in the heavy surf. BGSTA photo
BY ARLENE HALL BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC.
With this week’s tropical depression (later Tropical Storm Bertha) just offs…
BY BRENT MCCONNELL
My son calls me a “learn-aholic” because I dive into classes and random learning adventures, determined to learn everything I can before moving on to the next subject. I know w…
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…
