Author: Marcy Shortuse

ISLAND LEO BEAT: Keeping the GICIA Bike Path safe!

March 23, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

T he Bike Path is a beautiful attraction people enjoy for exercise, walking their dog and more. With all the activity of bicycle operators, golf carts, roller blades, joggers, walkers, etc. centered...

Free event at Hermitage features Bordo, Lavin and sunset today

■ STAFF REPORT The Hermitage Artist Retreat invites the community to join them for a free evening on Friday, March 23 at 6 p.m., to tour the painting studio of renowned painter Robert Bordo and then...

Come join the Great Seashell Hunt!

■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society, in partnership with Florida Park Service, is holding their annual Great Seashell Hunt, island style, on Wednesday, March 28 at 11 a.m. Be ready to learn...

Cold-blood creatures to visit on March 29

■ STAFF REPORT Everyone invited to come and meet all sorts of amazing animals when “The Reptile Man” John Storms visits the island next week. Attendees will get a chance to see lizards, snakes, skinks...

Join SHS in a fiesta fundraiser to celebrate rescue dogs

■ STAFF REPORT Suncoast Humane Society volunteers will be holding a fundraiser to present their new capital campaign on Saturday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Boca Grande Community Center....

Profile Jim Runde

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident and expert banker Jim Runde shared his knowledge of trade and tariffs at the 2018 Economic Summit that took place on the island in February. He was part of a panel...

Thanks for a successful book sale

To the Editor, Each spring and fall, the Johann Fust Library Foundation conducts a used book sale in the library loggia. Island residents turn out in the hundreds to shop for books. The proceeds of...

Density is valuable: Come show commissioners how much

To the Editor: While there is no new date for the next County Commission hearing on the Fishery project itself, in the meantime an important thing is happening about the transfer of density (TDU) regulations...

Bicyclist killed on Gasparilla Road

March 16, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

Island Art Days returns!

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Island Art Days Fine Art and Craft Show is planned for this Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18 at 431 Park Avenue in downtown Boca Grande. Sponsored by Gasparilla Outfitters...