Author: Marcy Shortuse

Thanks to all for making the book sale a big success

To the Editor: A huge “Thank you” to our community and our Library Foundation volunteers • JF Library Foundation book sale volunteers – You were helpful, hardworking, cheerful and wonderful! • Boca...

Pearl Harbor vet to be honored today

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN To put it simply: War is hell. Those were the few words Pearl Harbor survivor John Seelie had to say, reflecting on what his life was like during the attacks in 1941. He remembers...

YOUR WEEKLY PAVING UPDATE: WEEK FIVE

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC has announced that roadwork will ramp up this week, particularly with roadway excavation and road widening. Lane closures are expected every weekday...

Trump, Rubio take island polls

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The U.S. Presidential election turnout was good in the Lee County portion of the island on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Precinct 18. Boca Grande residents followed the trend for the presidential...

Whiskey Row questions arise at Historical meeting

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN It was the first Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board meeting for Sharon Jenkins-Owen, the new Lee County planner assigned to take the place of Gloria Sajgo, when the board...

Boca Grande Cubs fan finally sees team win title

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Lucy Stanton remembers sitting with her father at Wrigley field on October 1, 1932. ” It was the third game of the World Series, and Babe Ruth was coming...

GIBA to talk bridge weight at November 16 meeting

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Wednesday, Nov. 16 at noon the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will hold their first quarterly meeting of the season, and a very important topic to many will be voted on:...

A year of milestones, fulfillments and new commitments

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT Say “Haiti,”and in the minds of most, images of poverty and aftermaths of natural disasters tend to come to mind. Even though this is the current reality for many in the southwest...

Royal Palm Players begins a new season with ‘An Ideal Husband’

November 11, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment, News

■ SUBMITTED BY RPP You’re invited to a party this weekend at the Crowninshield Center, when Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” begins Royal Palm Players’ season of fun. This year’s theme is ‘The Battle...

Free resources for Manatee Awareness Month

To the Editor: The month of November is designated as Manatee Awareness Month and is an opportunity to call attention to this endangered species, which is Florida’s official state marine mammal. Around...