BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Lee County Commissioners sent out an email on Friday, Oct. 28 stating that agenda item 26 regarding the Gilchrist Avenue mee...
Commissioners to vote on Gilchrist plan November 1
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Agenda item 26. That is the rather innocuous name of a precedent-setting topic of discussion for Lee County Commissioners on...
Gasparilla Inn & Club announces October 5 open house
Now ushering in the classic resort’s 103rd Season, The Gasparilla Inn & Club invites its neighbors from Boca Grande and beyond to step through the...
Kids catch ’em up at the Pier during youth fishing tournament
About 15 kids participated in the youth fishing tournament on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Boca Grande Fishing Pier. The Boca Beacon teamed up with Lee C...
Beacon takes home four first place, one third place award from FPA contest
The Boca Beacon’s indomitable team spirit showed through once again as the 2016 Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper Contest rained...
Obituary: Lew Morgan
Lewis William Morgan, Sr., 78 of Englewood passed away on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 at Tidewell Hospice in Englewood. He was born on September 18, 1937 in...
OBITUARY: John Bourgoin
Our long-time friend and island resident John Bourgoin passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 at his island home. Arrangements and official obituary...
Fire Department, EMS rescue fisherman from sharks, transport jet skiier from Range Light
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to two calls recently involving the water, including a man stranded among sharks and another who suffered a ...
Range Light now officially a work in progress
Work has already begin on the Gasparilla Island Light, a.k.a. Rear Range Light, on Gulf Boulevard. According to Sharon McKenzie, the executive directo...
Lightkeeper’s Open Golf Tourney scheduled for October 17
The Barrier Island Parks Society will host The Lightkeeper’s Open, a Gasparilla Island Lighthouse charity golf outing, on Monday, Oct. 17 at The Gaspa...