Kids at the Boca Grande Club gather annually with an art teacher from New Jersey and this year built Freddie, the Easter Octopus. Pictured below are Lindsey Gaynor, Isla Rollinson, Charlie Gaynor, M.J. Edwards, Fletcher Rollinson, Tucker Edwards and others.  Photos provided by the BGCCC and Linda Tucker

Lee County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about a boat trailer that was stolen from the Boca Bay boat basin sometime between March 30 and April 1.

Keep your eyes open for this diamond cross pendant (no chain). It was lost in the vicinity of Palm Avenue and Waterways in the last two weeks, and means a great deal to the person who lost it.
There is a reward for its return. Call the Boca Beacon at 964-2995 if you have any information about the pendant.

Artist Carroll Swayze and her grandson, Gavin, had a great time with the Forget-Me-Nots last week, when the theme for the day was newspaper bonnets.

BY JACK SHORT - Under-Secretary-General Joseph Reed may have a long and distinguished career in service to the United States, but he can still be chased from a room by a group of rowdy Mahjong players.

Douglas E. Hoekzema, 81, of Grand Rapids, Mich., passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 2, 2013 after a prolonged illness.