Author: Marcy Shortuse

Enteric bacteria gone, red tide and VV still here

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE No matter what you may have heard, red tide is still rolling in with the waves on local beaches, and while conditions have improved there is still more than one reason to be very...

The Island School opens its doors for the 2018-19 season

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This year’s Island School students gathered in their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8 to prepare themselves for the upcoming 2018-19 school year, which begins this Friday. Head-of-School...

Fire damages Boca Bay maintenance building, injures one

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT On Friday, Aug. 3 the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a fire call at the Boca Bay maintenance shed in the 900 block of Gulf Boulevard. Approximately $15,000 of damage was done...

Profile: Patty Kitchen

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Patty Kitchen moved to Boca Grande in 1982, and she’s been working on the island ever since. But now, with the closing and sale of the building that housed PJ’s and The Grapevine, she...

Turtle nest numbers up from last year despite red tide

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Despite the effects of red tide, sea turtle nests numbers are continuing to grow, hatchlings are making their way to the water and excavations are being done by patrol members on a consistent...

Search for scallops coming soon

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The annual Great Bay Scallop Search is planned for this area is from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. The purpose of the resource monitoring program is to document the health...

It’s midnight: Do you know where your tarpon are?

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT It’s midnight. Do you know where your tarpon are? That’s a question that Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and its fearless tarpon taggers are working to answer. Last month marked Bonefish...

Pets put their best paw forward to benefit SHS

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Suncoast Humane Society is looking for its next “top model” to star in its 2019 Pet Calendar. The calendars are a major fundraiser for the organization, raising top dollars to benefit...

Boca Grande native credits growing up on island for her career success

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ PROVIDED BY THE US NAVY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH A 2002 Lemon Bay High School graduate and Boca Grande, Florida, native is presently engaged in a critical mission for the security of the United...

Red tide: What Mote is doing now

■ BY HALEY RUTGER, MOTE MARINE LABORATORY From October 2017 through July 2018, Mote and its partners have monitored extensively for Florida red tide designed to augment public information on the status...