Author: Marcy Shortuse

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Native Plant Day’ at Cedar Point

To the Editor: The Mangrove Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society invites you to join us in celebrating our annual “Native Plant Day.” The public is invited to this free half-day educational outreach...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to many, LBC is thriving

To the Editor: The Lemon Bay Conservancy wishes to thank the Boca Grande community and our loyal sponsors, Centennial Bank; Rowley Insurance Agency Inc; Brian Corcoran of BRC Group; Gail Cleveland and...

OBITUARY: Nicole Ruth Coleman

It is said that there are some who bring a light to the world that is so great, it remains even after they are gone. Those words might have been written about Nicole Coleman, because even though she...

PROFILE: Dr. Bruce Rougraff

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Bruce Rougraff is a self-proclaimed beach bum from way back. When he was a child, living in Houston, his family would head to the Galveston Bay beach almost every weekend,...

Promenade officially adjusted on Property Appraiser’s map as ‘subdivision’ property, website updated

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It’s been a long, hard road to find out exactly what Lee County calls the thin strip of land that borders the sea wall between 1st and 4th Streets, but the Lee County Property...

You’ve heard of ‘Coffee with a scientist,’ but what about with a captain?

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here’s a riddle for you: What is something that local fishing captains get a whole lot of, other than fish, when they’re out on the water? The answer is, questions. They get...

History Bytes with Milton Bell: The song of the whistle buoy, and hams that tasted fishy

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It was old home week at the last installment of History Bytes at the Johann Fust Community Library on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with Milton Bell as the speaker and John Johnson,...

As we say ‘goodbye’ to Hilja Bilodeau, a new chapter is opened at the Boca Grande Clinic and Annex

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The friendly smile and platinum hair that has become so synonymous with Boca Grande Health Clinic Chief Executive Officer Hilja Bilodeau’s presence on the island will be disappearing...

Posh, 31, easy on the eyes and fearless: Meet Lynne Olson

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARY COOK – In 1941 she took over the staggering work of running Alliance, France’s largest spy network, a corps of 3,000 agents. She described herself as merely “the wife of an officer, mother...

‘Dawson’s Fall’ author to speak at Fust on Tuesday

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – The Library Foundation is honored to once again welcome Roxana Robinson to speak in the library loggia. Her most recent novel, “Dawson’s Fall,” takes place in stormy, post-Civil...