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Remembering Dog Life columnist Harry Kalajian

September 25, 2025
Garland Pollard
Community, Obituaries

Harry Kalajian, dog trainer, and columnist for the Boca Beacon since 2018, died Sunday, Sept. 14, after a brief illness. Kalajian began training dogs professionally in 1986. In a 2023 column...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Albert Earl Gilbert, honored for life’s work

September 25, 2025
Angela McPhillips
Profiles

Britannica to Audubon, noted nature illustrator For years before making Cape Haze his home, artist Albert Earl Gilbert was a frequent visitor to Boca Grande. Drawn to the island’s coastal...

Coffee & Conservation to Spotlight Gopher Tortoises

SUP Englewood’s Coffee & Conservation series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher tortoise, a keystone species threatened by habitat loss and environmental...

Appreciation for our Kawasaki ‘Hatch’

September 18, 2025
Arlene Hall
Columns, News, Sports & Outdoors

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Here we are in mid-September, and the number of remaining incubating nests continues to steadily decrease as the last nests hatch. No new crawls have occurred...

Letters: Charlotte resident responds to Lee County process and impact

To the Editor: So it appears, according to Richard Weber in his letter to the editor of the Boca Beacon of September 12th, that transparency and welcome really are solely in the eye of the...

CAPT. VAN HUBBARD: Get on the boat, reflect

September 18, 2025
VAN HUBBARD
Columns, Sports & Outdoors

Despite challenges, we still enjoy special ‘place of paradise’ I understand we will see hotter weather again. I’m enjoying our recent overcast skies and cooler fall-like days. Our Gulf and Bay...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: The Resiliency Summit

The state takes on water, weather Above, Mary Margaret Hull of Southwest Florida Water Management District. Photo by Angela The fifth annual Southwest Florida Resiliency Summit brought...

Lee County to recast Boca Grande Parking Committee

September 16, 2025
Staff Report
Featured News, News

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the Lee County Board of Commissioners voted to expand a newly created Boca Grande Parking Panel to 15 members, with each of the five commissioners in charge of nominating...

Lee County Commission Meeting on Beach Funding, Boca Grande Parking

September 16, 2025
Garland Pollard
News

There are three items relating to Boca Grande, including two items to be pulled for discussion from the consent agenda, at this morning’s Lee Commission meeting. The two items concern the...

County plans new Parking Committee

September 11, 2025
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

On the agenda for the Tuesday, Sept. 16 Lee Board of County Commissioners meeting is a resolution to establish the Boca Grande Parking Committee with corresponding rules of procedure. “The...