Author: Marcy Shortuse

104th year for the Gasparilla Inn & Club begins next week

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Inn & Club will open its doors for its annual Open House on Wednesday, Oct 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. No reservation is necessary. Call 964-4631 for more information.

Placida Art Market to open

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT The Placida Art Market will begin its ninth year of shows on Saturday, Oct. 21 with a new and unique group of artists and craftsmen represented. All work displayed at the Art Market is...

Enjoy Mote Marine reduced admission this Saturday

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The staff at Mote Maine Laboratory in Sarasota are inviting Florida residents to discover the wonders of Mote Marine Laboratory for just $6 this Saturday, Sept. 30. The regular admission...

Profile Tom Haggerty

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’re planning to attend a lunch or dinner event at The Gasparilla Inn & Club, trust that Tom Haggerty, the friendly sous chef in the kitchen, is working hard preparing some delicious...

OBITUARY: Louise Wanamaker

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Louise DeKoven Wanamaker, of Boca Grande, Philadelphia and Northeast Harbour, Maine, widow of John R. Wanamaker, passed away peacefully on September 14, 2017 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Born Louise deKoven...

Stay in a shelter and learn life’s lessons

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

■ SUBMITTED BY BOB ELLIOTT The warnings about Hurricane Irma were pretty bleak, but we had decided to hide behind those storm shutters in our indestructible concrete building and “gut it out.” That...

Battening down, lucking out, counting our blessings – The worst didn’t come, but it came to our doorstep

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

On the loss of … Winifred ‘Wini’ Smart Quackenbush

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Winifred “Wini” Smart Quackenbush, a lady who has brush-stroked more of Boca Grande’s true heart and soul than almost anyone else, passed peacefully at the age of 85 in Ellsworth, Maine after a long...

Irma wrecks sea turtle nests, only a precious few remain

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Sometimes nature can get in the way of nature. Sea turtle nests on the island took quite a hit on September 11 as the wrath of Hurricane Irma pounced over Boca Grande beaches. Boca Grande...

Boat ramp closed …

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Placida Boat Ramp closed on Sept. 18 for the delivery of supplies for the repairs on the boat ramp and finger piers. The ramp will remain closed through October 13. During this closure, boaters...