Amendments include three-hour downtown parking The Gasparilla Island parking ordinance passed unanimously at Tuesday’s Lee ...

The Public Hearing on Gasparilla Island parking is Tuesday, August 5 at 9:30 a.m. at the Old Lee County Courthouse, where all ...

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

Let’s make a few things clear about training your dog. All unwanted behavior is caused by the owner. Either it was never ...

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

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

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

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

In a world where so much that is wild and free has been lost to us, we must leave these beautiful animals free to swim as ...

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