Author: Marcy Shortuse

Reports from the north end, downtown show positive things

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN After days of waiting out the storm – and even more days without electricity – businesses in Boca Grande are open again and serving customers. Brian and John Corcoran of Boca Grande Vacations...

Profile Brian Darna

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Brian Darna remembers going fishing with his uncle, Capt. Babe Darna, many times when he was a teenager. He specifically recalls catching a 132-pound tarpon that took him more than 30...

Obituary Alan Williams

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Alan L. Williams, 86, of Tallahassee died Thursday (9/7/17) after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by parents LeRoy and Dorothy Williams, sister Caryln Peterson, and wife of almost 60 years,...

Gov. Scott directs FWC to ease regulations, waive fees for South Florida commercial fishing industry following Hurricane Irma

September 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICE OF GOV. RICK SCOTT Governor Rick Scott directed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to implement several changes to help South Florida’s commercial...

GIBA-Irma update

September 18, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY KATHY BANSON-VERRICO The swing bridge and two other bridges sustained no damage during the storm. We re-installed the protective traffic gate arms, performed a successful test opening, and the...

Hurricane Irma: The lady who couldn’t make up her mind decided Boca Grande wasn’t for her

September 18, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Would you believe we have been dealing with Irma in our daily lives since Monday, Sept. 4? That was the day, at about 9:20 a.m. when we first received word that this particular hurricane...

Yes Virginia, hurricanes are real … so don’t shoot the messenger

September 18, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE You will have to forgive me this week as far as the content of the paper goes, our office has had no way to put out a newspaper this week. We have no power, no phones, no internet....

Closings due to Irma

September 8, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Cancellations and closings due to Irma include: • No services at the Boca Grande Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Sunday, Sept. 10; • No services at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church...

All eyes on Irma: The storm once headed for us shows how we can all work together to get through it

September 8, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser addressed a very crowded room on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. Each person in attendance was a piece in the Emergency Operations Center puzzle...

Baking for Texas

September 8, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ Ronica Davis of Native Gardens and her friends Pat Cole, Rebecca DeRosa, Tina Tersigni, Karissa Cumberland, Annie Fransoz and Kourtney and Teresa McDaniels held a bake sale to raise money for people...