Author: Marcy Shortuse

■ BY SUE ERWIN Waterfront property owners who want to attract more beautiful marine life have an exciting new option – install a Mini Reef and watch your dock come to life. Ocean Habitat Inc. founder...

■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Steve and Jill Kaplan, owners of Kappy’s Markets, are teaming up with Boca Grande United States Post Office truck driver Tom Gardner to raise money for his daughter, Heather, a 19-year-old...

■ BY SUE ERWIN It’s becoming a common question downtown, asked by families that haven’t yet been to the island this season. “Where can we actually access the beach?” The drop to the beach off the seawall...

■ STAFF REPORT This year’s Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament artwork is extra-special, as it portrays a young Isabelle Joiner on the dock of Whidden’s Marina. The art...

■ BY SUE ERWIN Island author David Sparks will be speaking at the Johann Fust Community Library at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in the library loggia. Sparks is the author of “Burying Pinkie Pie” and...

■ STAFF REPORT If you’re thinking about leaving the island for the season, think again. The moment you have been waiting for has almost arrived … the 2019 Four-Digit Phone Books are scheduled...

■ STAFF REPORT The Lee County deputies attended to a domestic altercation on Tuesday, March 19 at 1:40 p.m. at a local drinking establishment. According to deputy reports, the complainant was sitting...