Author: Marcy Shortuse

Fusion: A diverse new dining option on the island

February 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande diners now have a new restaurant to add to their list of dinner choices. Fusion, a new unique establishment located at 5800 Gasparilla Road at the north end of the island,...

Renny Reynolds to discuss English gardens on March 1

February 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, March 1 the Boca Grande Garden Club will welcome Renny Reynolds to its monthly meeting at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium at 2 p.m. He...

Profile: Tara Clark

February 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

Tara Clark, sales associate at The Palm on Park, a Lilly Pulitzer signature store, has lived quite an adventurous life during the past decade. Tara, 30, was born in Jackson, New Jersey. Her parents...

Whiffenpoof concert a success, thanks to many

To the Editor: The Whiffenpoof Alumni concert to benefit The Island School was a sold-out success. So many people were paramount in making this success happen. Joe Weir at the Community Center,...

Spaghetti is this Sunday!

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT It’s time to break out the breadsticks, slurp some sauce and toss some salad at the Spaghetti Dinner to be held on Sunday, Feb. 18 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community...

Watkins, Major stay on as chair and vice-chair of GIBA

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Ginger Watkins and Lee Major have retained their seats as chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority after open nominations were accepted...

Lead architect updates residents on Gasparilla Island Lighthouse

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Island residents had the opportunity to meet and listen to internationally known master metalsmith Alex Klahm on Thursday, February 9 at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. Klahm...

Island youth makes lofty goal a reality

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande has been Ben Taylor’s home since he was a child, but his aspirations far surpass our narrow little strip of land. At the age of 17 he recently received his private...

Fourth annual Island School Million Dollar Shootout a raving success

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Island School, a tuition-free charter school for grades K-5, held the fourth annual $1,000,000 Golf Shootout last week on a blustery winter day at The Gasparilla Inn & Club’s...

TIS teacher is leavin’ on a jet plane … to service KC135 refuelers

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On the afternoon of February 3, Island School teacher Rebecca Blalock looked around her classroom of students as they packed...