Author: Marcy Shortuse

Profile Tony Zaranti

■ BY SUE ERWIN Tony Zaranti is passionate about high-quality food and wine service, and that makes him an ideal leader as the new general manager of the Boca Bay Pass Club. Tony was born in Chicago,...

Memorial service for Mitchell Brock

Mitchell Brock Nov. 10,1927 – July 22, 2017 Please save the date for Mitchell Brock’s memorial service, to be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. A reception will...

Just more reasons we are blessed to be here in Boca Grande

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This past Saturday was the traditional Halloween Carnival, an event that island kids have treasured for almost 40 years. It was raining by the time the carnival began, but that didn’t...

Be ready to face challenges to GICIA

To the Editor: Susan Hanafee has done our island a great favor by researching and describing for us the tortured history of the Gasparilla Island Act. I hope our residents have taken the time to read...

Island Halloween haunts this year

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL SATURDAY, OCT. 28 12:30 TO 3 p.m. COSTUME CONTEST STARTS AT 1 P.M. SHARP! MILLER’S DOCKSIDE HALLOWEEN BASH SUNDAY, OCT. 29 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT LIVE MUSIC...

Spooky traditions of Boca Grande

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE From Bocaween to the Halloween Carnival, our island has always held the Halloween holiday in high esteem. We may not have residential trick-or-treating, but we do have our own variety...

New RPP president ready to get some new faces on the stage

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Royal Palm Players will start their 2017-18 season this November with a look at male/female relationships and a new president named Hal McCombs … and Hal is hoping you will join...

Few openings left for BGHS Cortez field trip

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Society bus trip to Manatee Historical Village and Cortez Maritime Museum is filling up quickly, so if you’re interesting in going, get your tickets now. BGHS...

Dennis Whigham to address Garden Club regarding orchids

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the season-opening meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club’s 20th year, Dennis Whigham, an extraordinary orchid ecologist with the Smithsonian...

Englewood Rotary teams up with Salvation Army to make clean water

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Placida resident and Englewood Rotary Club member Kenn Visser partnered with the Salvation Army recently to send 1,400 water purification kits to people in Puerto Rico after the recent...