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Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun spoke at the Boca Grande Men’s Club on Wednesday, Feb. 18. He is pictured here with Bruce Carbonari, at left, and David Roux, who with his wife Barbara donated $100 million for Northeastern’s Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. The institute focuses on advanced life sciences and experiential artificial intelligence. […]
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The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to 55 calls for assistance in January 2026, reported Chief C.W. Blosser during the Board of Fire Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18. There were 55 incidents in January 2025, and 54 incidents in January 2024, so last month was right on par with previous years. Throughout January 2026, […]
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Lost chain belonged to different veteran with the same name Above, Schroeder in a group photo from his time in the Air Force. He is on the bottom row, far right. In January, the Beacon reported that military dog tags had been found by a woman from France swimming off 13th Street. Lee County Deputy […]
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Lee County has released the agenda for the first meeting of the Boca Grande Parking Committee on April 22 at the Community Center Auditorium. The meeting was rescheduled from March. There will be a formal election of the Parking Committee officers, public comment with three minutes per speaker, education on the parking ordinance and discussion […]
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Richard Scott Faley, of Boca Grande passed away peacefully in Florida on February 15, 2026 at the age of 78. Born on August 18, 1947 in Trenton, NJ, Scott grew up in Titusville, NJ and graduated from Holy Ghost Prep in Bensalem, PA, where he played basketball and was known as “The Bear.” He obtained […]
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From farmland to preschool Above, Kim with her husband Rick in Boca Grande. Photo submitted Much of Kris Ganong’s volunteer work in Boca Grande centers on a practical need – where young children spend their day. As vice president of the Boca Grande Preschool Board, she helps with fundraising, planning and the effort to bring the […]
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FIVE YEARS AGO Parents were planning a prom for seniors after it was canceled by Lemon Bay High School. Contributions from local businesses, social media icon, Danny Duncan, along with private donations were moving the planning along. TEN YEARS AGO Construction workers removed the last center expanse of steel from the old swing bridge. FIFTEEN […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
This editorial is written with an apology to readers, who assuredly do not want to read about parking. The sad thing, however, is that this editor would far prefer writing about ibises, or the color of a sunset, or the particular genius of the rarely sung verse of a great hymn. But, as they say, […]
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Award-winning artist Gail Cleveland is featured this month at Crews Bank on Park Ave. in partnership with the Boca Grande Art Center. Gail is part of a family dynasty of professional artists and co-owner of Smart Studio, founded in 1982 by her mother, Wini Smart. Today, Gail and her daughter, Rebecca Cleveland, continue their legacy […]