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Visitor Guide ready for 2026 island season

December 26, 2025
Staff Report
News, Uncategorized

The Boca Beacon received delivery this week of our annual Visitor’s Guide. Copies will be available at stands around town, in hotels, real estate offices and throughout the region. The...

Again, be patient, everything is slower when cold

December 26, 2025
VAN HUBBARD
Columns

Hard to believe it’s another New Year already, but ’26 is here. We enjoyed a cooler early fall this year. Our recent winters have been milder, and cold weather is overdue. We need some mild...

David A. Jenkins, 1941-2025

December 26, 2025
Staff Report
Obituaries

David Albert Jenkins, 84 died peacefully on December 12, 2025, watching the sun set on the Gulf of Mexico from his home in Boca Grande. His loving and supportive children, Dave and Bonnie, and his...

Girl bitten by shark in summer has visit with rescuers at Fire Department

On June 11, 2025, Leah Lendel, age 9, was bitten by a shark in the 2200 block of Shore Lane. This Tuesday, Lendel came back to visit the Boca Grande Fire Department. It was not a planned visit....

Saying goodbye to Kim Kyle at the Boca Grande Historical Society

December 18, 2025
Staff Report
Community History, News

Last Friday, the Boca Grande Historical Society celebrated and paid tribute to the work of Kim Kyle, administrative director, on her retirement. Clockswise from top left, Jim and Karen Grace,...

Water Management plan expects 27 percent user increase by 2045

December 18, 2025
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Governing Board approved the 2025 Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) on Dec. 16. The District’s RWSP provides a framework for future water...

Landscaping installed along Gasparilla Road

December 18, 2025
Arlene Hall
News, Sports & Outdoors

Charlotte County adds plantings along 771 Over the past several weeks, crews from Brightview Landscaping Services, Inc. have been working to install the final landscaping elements in the...

RSW airport’s ‘refusal to provide requested documentation’ cited in recent Lee Clerk audit

December 18, 2025
Staff Report
News

The Inspector General Department of the Lee County Clerk of Court and Comptroller has completed an audit of the Lee County Port Authority’s Airside Operations and Safety, carried over from the...

DeSantis appoints Patricia ‘Trish’ Petrosky to Lee Supervisor

December 12, 2025
Staff Report
Featured News, News

P atricia “Trish” Petrosky was sworn in as a Lee County Commissioner Monday, Dec. 15, on the steps of the Old Lee County Courthouse in downtown Fort Myers. She will participate in the next...

Update: Lee County Boca Grande parking permit schedule

December 12, 2025
Staff Report
News

Lee County has updated the in-person schedule for Boca Grande parking permit distribution. Three December dates had to be canceled due to temporary utility impacts caused by building...