Charlotte County government meetings for the coming week. Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, 5:01 p.m. - Final Budget Public Hearing, ...

Harry Connick and Everly Brothers too Above, performances are free. The season ahead includes a Christmas event, Yule Be Singin’. Photo by Dusty The Grande ...

BY CAPT. CATHY EAGLE I find the great egret to be an intriguing and beautiful bird. I often see them at the dock at the Tarpon Lodge in Pineland as I am get ...

The Fort Myers City Council approved Ronald A. Dente Jr. to serve as their new city attorney, while Lilliana Baker was sworn in as city clerk during the cou ...

The Friends of Boca Grande have released their book list which includes authors that will be speaking in the 2026-27 Friends of Boca Grande season. Below is ...

Above, a golf cart fire from January 2023, likely from a lithium battery that had gotten wet. File photo As a part of hurricane preparedness, the Boca Grand ...

A USA Today survey apparently puts Boca Grande among the best of the “not dumpy” Florida cities. The roundup by Phil Fernandez of the USA Today network, tri ...

The Lee Board of County Commissioners will pause the process for proposed amendments to the Lee Plan and corresponding updates to the Land Development Code.

Due to below-average rainfall during the 2025 and 2026 summer rainy seasons, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has extended its Modified Phase ...

The Boca Beacon offices will be closed next week on Friday, Oct. 2 for pest tenting. It is not a Christo art project. Email is available at info@bocabeacon.

Boca Blooms is all set for Dolly Parton Day. Tip your glass to her today and celebrate her in true “Dolly” style.       Photo by Matt ...

The developing nations had given to the free market the status of a god, and were sacrificing to it these farmers, farmland ...