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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: If you’re out boating, use caution around Caloosahatchee River, blue-green algal toxins found

To the Editor: The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Caloosahatchee River – Fort Myers Shores....

The Boca Beacon’s (not so) Accuweather forecast

June 8, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Columns

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FISHING

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Just a few days left to buy hurricane supplies tax free

June 5, 2023
Staff Report
News

The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) encouraged Floridians to purchase disaster preparedness items during Florida’s two 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holidays beginning May...

Dog Park to close while more work is being done

June 1, 2023
Staff Report
News

The Dog Park at Wheeler Road Community Park, 305 Wheeler Road, Boca Grande, will close Monday, June 5 for renovations and project completion. A reopening date will be announced at leeparks.org and...

Don the cap and gown, TIS Class of 2023

June 1, 2023
Staff Report
Education, News

There are many defining moments in a parent’s life when it comes to their children. Their first steps, their first words, their first day of school and their last day of elementary school. It’s at...

OBITUARY: David Hayes

June 1, 2023
Staff Report
Obituaries

David Leon Hayes, 74, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2023 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving children and wife. David was born on July 28, 1948 to Harold and Marilyn Hayes...

EDITORIAL: A wondrous little school, a rare opportunity for our children

June 1, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial

This week is one I have been dreading and looking forward to all at the same time. The youngest of my five children will be graduating from The Island School and moving on to bigger things. This...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Buchan Airport celebrates top-flight scholars

To the Editor: After a record attendance of nearly two thousand people during last year’s 15th annual Buchan Fly-In, the Scholarship Committee decided to move ahead and award three...

Community Center groups listening carefully as they develop future plans

May 25, 2023
Guest Columnist
News

Submitted by Friends of Boca Grande For several years now, groups that use the Community Center facilities, especially high-use groups, have been talking about making...