3+ week, 2+ day ago   (77+ words) Boca Beacon Editorial: Voters felt it incumbent to get rid of incumbents On Tuesday, all three local commissioner incumbents with opponents were voted out. They are all Republicans, so this primary election is, likely, the actual election, though candidates are…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (70+ words) Boca Beacon North Port Town Hall on infrastructure The City of North Port is inviting residents to its next Community Town Hall, a 90-minute session focused on the major infrastructure projects shaping North Port’s future. The event is scheduled for…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (70+ words) Boca Beacon License plate reader enforcement in downtown The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has begun using license plate readers to monitor parking violations in Boca Grande following the implementation of the new parking restrictions at the beginning of the year....

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (75+ words) Boca Beacon Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There is hardly a space in the parking lot. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (74+ words) Boca Beacon Making the AI mind, and book destruction BY BRENT MCCONNELL Claude, Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT exist only as hardware and software. They have no childhood, no life experience, nothing resembling a brain. While my dog still hasn’t fully…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (89+ words) Boca Beacon Business & Real Estate: Magic answers, flattering help from Claude, Grok, GPT or Gemini BY BRENT MCCONNELL My son calls me a “learn-aholic” because I dive into classes and random learning adventures, determined to learn everything I can before…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (80+ words) Boca Beacon North Port moves ahead with Warm Mineral Springs preservation North Port will move forward with a plan to restore the main building at Warm Mineral Springs and restore its grounds. On Tuesday, North Port City Commission approved Ordinance…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (84+ words) Boca Beacon OPINION: Why is Lee County blocking the public from its own parks? BY MARK HOOGENDOORN, OPEN SHORES OF SW FLORIDA Lee County has a rule about its parks: county parks must be open to the public every day…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (76+ words) Boca Beacon The 250th arrives, in a ‘proper country’ It is now less than two weeks until the nation’s 250th anniversary. Those of us who lived through 1976, and who are approaching this event, cannot help but think wistfully about how important the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (905+ words) Boca Beacon History: Rededicating to ‘We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident’ BY JAMES J BLALA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER American Exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is unique and has a special role in the world. The…...