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History Bytes: Leslie Porter Joiner on ‘Effie’

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History.

Memories of Effie Sapp Joiner, 1900-96 Artist Leslie Porter Joiner shared stories about Effie Sapp Joiner at a talk at the Fust Library as part of the Boca Grande Historical Society’s History Bytes talks. Leslie Joiner, a self-taught artist, talked of her paintings, and memories of Grandma Effie related to each one. While the listeners […]

Briefly: Wildflower open house

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

Lemon Bay Conservancy will host its annual open house from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The free event will be held at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve at 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd. in Englewood. The open house will feature hourly guided nature walks on topics including birds, butterflies, plants, trees, fish […]

Send in your Love Lines 

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

February is almost here and it’s time to start writing your Valentines. The Valentines can be to the person who you love, or anything or situation that needs some love. If you want to submit a Love Line for this year’s Valentine’s Day edition, you must send it in by Monday, Feb. 5. Preferred format […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: News from the November Lee County Commissioners’ meeting

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Featured News, Letters to the Editor.

To the Editor: The Lee Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday selected District 5 Commissioner Mike Greenwell to serve as Board Chairman for the coming year and District 1 Commissioner Kevin Ruane to serve as vice chairman.  The Board selects a chairman annually in November from among the five commissioners. Commissioner Greenwell previously served as […]