Author: Marcy Shortuse

Try not to shoot the messenger, please

■BY MARCY SHORTUSE Since the recent mass shooting at a newspaper office up north, I have seen some really callous and negative comments about the media in response to the tragedy. “They’re all hacks....

July 4th parade set for 10 a.m.

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The 2018 4th of July Bike Parade that has made the island famous will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4. That means be at PJ’s Seagrille side parking area (between the Old Theatre...

Boca Grande Dead Fish Disposal

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

From Friday, June 29 to Monday, July 2 residents can use the dumpster that will be located at the west end of 7th Street in Boca Grande, Gulf side, to dispose of fish carcasses related to the presence...

Research shows bad blooms back to the 1800s, so the question is … Are we really feeding the red monster?

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Hype on social media and on local television news channels continues regarding our red tide bloom, and it’s easy to see why. It’s been a few years since we had a fish kill of this...

Red tide from a Mote scientist’s perspective

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Coughing and sneezing due to red tide is annoying enough … but as dead fish piled up on island beaches this week, the stench in the air certainly added to the unpleasantness. One thing...

GIBA discusses petition to change name of Causeway

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT At the quarterly meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority held on Wednesday, June 27, it was discussed that Boca Grande North is petitioning Charlotte County to change the name...

Sea turtle hatchlings due any day, but will they survive red tide?

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN So far this season, there are far fewer sea turtle nests on Gasparilla Island when compared to last year. The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 281 Caretta caretta (loggerhead)...

Lookin’ for lionfish

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT You’re invited to partner in the fifth annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby, hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory, in cooperation with Reef Environmental Education Foundation. This year’s event...

Profile Greg Foos

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve enjoyed a meal at the Boca Grande Club over the past several years, you would likely agree that the quality of food served was superb – both in presentation and taste. That’s...

WHOM TO WRITE TO ABOUT RED TIDE

WHOM TO WRITE TO ABOUT RED TIDE Army Corps of Engineers: Contact(s): Colonel Jason Kirk, District Commander and District Engineer Email: Jason.a.kirk@usace.army.mil Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Reynolds,...