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When everything comes together, almost like the old days: Capt. Van Hubbard

Helene and Milton changed our lives and landscapes. Recovering is hard, slow and expensive. What doesn’t kill us does make us stronger. They hurt most of us profoundly but there is hope and light...

This date in the Boca Beacon: Old Clinic site, Placida boat ramp, Capt. William Sprott

Each week in the Beacon, we look back at what happened in Boca Grande and on Cape Haze: FIVE YEARS AGO Boca Grande Historical Society was gifted six original books dating back to 1902 that...

County map shows 441 new island parking signpoles, 751 new signs

September 26, 2025
Anna Ridilla
Breaking News, News

Above and below, images from the county’s geographic information system map. The signs are not to scale. GIS screenshots The installation of 441 new parking signs in accordance with the Boca...

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...