■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Wednesday I woke up to my son telling me the neighborhood was on fire. I looked out the window and couldn’t see a thing, ...
So you think you know how to drive that four-wheeled thingamajig, do you?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If you just arrived on the island around Christmas, you might have noticed it was a little busy on the roads. By Valentine’s Day t...
More than 1,000 killed by storm in Haiti; help is needed
I would like to give you an update on Haiti as I know it today. The latest report I received is that more than 1,000 people have been killed. None of ...
Doyle explains his run for Supervisor of Elections
■ BY TOMMY DOYLE As the campaign season comes to a close, I think it is important to remind people why I decided to run for this office. I am running...
A letter from the Boca Grande Health Clinic
Dear friends and patients of the Boca Grande Health Clinic: As the “season” approaches, it seems timely to send out an update about Zika virus disease...
Make Your Point: My apologies to Al Gore
BY BOB ELLIOTT – It’s time to offer a mea culpa to Mr. Al Gore or whoever invented the internet. All I was trying to do in previous columns was ...
We waste … and yet we want
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I’m I’m wrapping up my second season as the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce president, and let me tell you something, it isn’t an...
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – So this week we had a lesson in social media. The tale of Sam Samsonov, “our Sam,” as we call him, went viral worldwide. The...
Guest editorial: GICIA offers guided walks in private areas
Does the idea of a guided tour through a quiet, beautiful restored parcel of GICIA Land Conservancy Property sound nice? How about the chance to catch...
Guest commentary: Save The Tarpon legal fund drive promotes PTTS lawyer threat
BY TOM MCLAUGHLIN AND SAVE THE TARPON – A PTTS lawyer is once again threatening to haul Save The Tarpon back into court – this time in an ...