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December 9, 2021
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Camera Club will be taking a field trip to the Venice Rookery on Wednesday, Dec. 15. Led by well known Bird Photographer and BGCC Board Member Pat Wright, this tr…

December 4, 2021
To the Editor: Florida drivers could soon receive deep discounts at the gas pump. Crude oil prices were slashed on “Black Friday” and unable to recover on Monday. The crude price cut was sparke…

December 4, 2021
To the Editor: Did you know that pelicans’ beaks can hold more than their stomachs? Or that Brown Pelicans almost went extinct and Florida was instrumental in saving them? How about that our Am…

November 29, 2021
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November 26, 2021
Over the past several months many of you joined me in voicing our displeasure with the future management plan for Lake Okeechobee, known as LOSOM. Last spring, the Army Corps of Engineers offered …

November 26, 2021
They say that everyone is expendable, when it comes to a job. No matter how well you do it, how long you’ve been there, whether there’s no one else there who even remotely has a clue as to how to …

November 20, 2021
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November 20, 2021
To the Editor: Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25 and Friday, Nov. 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Other schedules will be adjusted. &nb…

November 5, 2021
To the Editor: The article entitled, “… and now there’s a fence …” in the Boca Beacon dated October 22 caught my interest, if not my ire.  Fences do not make good neighbors. Fences, wit…

October 28, 2021
To the Editor: Four years ago, manatees were declared no longer endangered. Now they are dying at a record pace. Between January and June 2021, 833 West Indian manatees died of starvation, the …