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OBITUARY: Dr. Dick Morrison

July 21, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Dr. Richard (Dick) Morrison, 86, died July 5, 2022, at Tidewell Hospice House. He was born Nov. 10, 1935 to Russell and Sylvia Morrison in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Venice, Fla. in 1970. In...

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Ham-it-Up with the Boca Beacon

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When you look through old newspapers, you find all kinds of interesting things

While the Fourth of July is a somewhat distant memory in the minds of many (of course Monday is a distant memory for many people), we thought you might be interested in something we found while...

EDITORIAL: Joint statement from the Florida Secretary of State and Florida Supervisor of Elections in response to cybersecurity and infrastructure concerns

Submitted by the Florida Department of Elections Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory confirming that Florida is well ahead of the nation on...

Those are some really expensive tennis courts:

July 8, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

County talks about upcoming project on Wheeler, drops the numbers and … WOW! Pickles are usually small things. Pickleball is more or less a diminutive version of tennis, too. But when Lee...

VOTE! 2022 Primary election information you should know

July 1, 2022
Staff Report
Community, News

The Lee County Supervisor of Elections office will mail new voter information cards to all active Lee County voters this month. The voter information cards will include the voter’s personal...

Fourth of July Freedom Golf Cart Parade details

July 1, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

Got your bunting picked out? Your pinwheels primed? Your streamers slung high and low? We hope you do, because on Monday, July 4 at 9 a.m. the new traditional Freedom Gulf Cart Parade will...

GIWA announces temporary modification of disinfection treatment procedures

PROVIDED BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable...

OBITUARY: Larry Twitchell

July 1, 2022
Staff Report
Obituaries

Retired Air Force Major General Larry Twitchell of Placida, Florida passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida. Larry was born on Aug. 26, 1943 in...