BY MARCY SHORTUSE A proposed parking plan for Gasparilla Island will affect the island’s future beach renourishment funding ...

Electromagnetic technology could reduce fishing depredation Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory’s research facility in ...

BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County Commissioners are scheduled to vote August 5 on a parking amendment for Boca Grande that, if ...

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting will be held on August 13, at 10 a.m., at St. Andrew’s Chapter House. ...

This Friday, The Beacon office will be closed for the Florida Press Association annual meeting. The paper won 18 awards, ...

Above, newspaper and magazine awards from last year's convention. Boca Beacon archives The Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Island ...

A beachgoer found a burned U.S. Navy phosphorous flare on a Gasparilla Island beach on Tuesday evening around 22nd Street.

On Friday, July 25, Lee County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people for burglary and grand theft of approximately $5,000 ...

The Gasparilla Island State Park at Port Boca Grande is closed due to a planned state renourishment project. It had been ...

Saturday, July 26 around 9:30 a.m., a coordinated Marine Emergency Response Team (MERT) activation was launched for a vessel ...

New at The Island School this year Anne Smith may be new to The Island School, but she’s no stranger to the classroom – with ...

Decker Todd 63 of Brandon FL died 03/10/2025 at home. Born September 28, 1963 in Lincoln Maine, the son of Donovan E. Todd Jr ...