Sally J ends Tournament Season BY BETSY FUGATE JOINER It only took a minute to catch the excitement of friends and families ...

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY The good news is we have seen our first hatchlings this past week. The bad news is that they ...

My name is Tina Dodge. My family and I have been vacationing in Boca Grande since I was a young child. Some of my greatest ...

Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce released a new visitor survey called “Off Island Visitors.” It comes in the wake of a ...

Currently, there are three major marina projects on the table on Gasparilla Island and in Cape Haze, and there are no listed ...

Tarpon season this year was a little quieter than some years, but fishing was great, and the annual tournaments were as ...

BY LARRY HANNAH Time is of the essence to get our current sheriff’s deputy out of the camper he and his wife are spending ...

In the early 1970s, a group of island residents came together with a mission to preserve the charm, character, and traditions ...

A $1.5 million appropriations project request sponsored by Florida House Representative Adam Botana for a Boca Grand ...

Helen, but everyone called her Nana, mother of Bette Bowen, is once again dancing with her husband. Mom was born and raised ...

Independence Day is right around the corner, and lineup for Boca Grande’s annual Fourth of July parade begins at 8:30 a.m. on ...

This week the Beacon made a public records request of Lee County to obtain the parking petition that Commissioner Kevin Ruane ...