Author: Marcy Shortuse

What is inverted smoke? And why do I care?

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Wednesday I woke up to my son telling me the neighborhood was on fire. I looked out the window and couldn’t see a thing, I just thought it was foggy. It wasn’t until the...

Love Lines are back; pitch your woo here!

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT You have just a short time left to decide what to get your sweetie for Valentine’s Day. Will it be a card? Flowers? Perhaps a baby alligator in lederhosen? While all of those traditional...

Drop a line this Saturday at the youth fishing tourney

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT On Saturday, Jan. 21 Lee County Parks & Recreation and the Boca Beacon will sponsor the latest installment in their youth fishing tournament series from 9 to 11 a.m. on the Boca...

Hail! The Taste is back

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Roulade. Keftedes. Corn emulsion? For the culinary faint of heart these words may seem a bit daunting. Take courage, dear culinarily-confused comrades, this is what the Taste...

Rep. Rodrigues speaks to Boca Grande residents

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Florida House Representative Ray Rodrigues spoke to Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association board members as well as a group of residents on Tuesday, January 17...

Sign up now for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Area athletes interested in competitive tennis are encouraged to sign up now for the annual Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic 2017. The event will begin the week of January 28 and...

Borza marine art to be featured at 8th annual BTT fundraiser

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re a fan of marine art and the conservation of our water, mark your calendar now and make plans to attend the 8th Annual BTT Boca Grande fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 3 at...

Profile: Penny Lach

January 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve been browsing through the beautiful items at Ariel, Ltd. on the island recently, you were very likely greeted by sales associate Penny Lach. Penny is the oldest daughter...

Obituary: William D. Rader

William Donald Rader, 86, a former resident of Greenwich, Conn. and of Block Island, R.I., died peacefully in his Boca Grande home surrounded by his three daughters on January 11, 2017. “Bill,”...

Thanks to all from the OBGBBC committee

To the Editor: The One Big Grande Boca Book Club committee would like to thank all of the people who made last Saturday’s event such an educational and enjoyable event. The program started with...