Author: Marcy Shortuse

Drilling equipment to arrive soon? We hope so

August 3, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Community

Drilling equipment to begin construction of the new permanent cell phone tower may show up as early as next week, according to representatives of the Boca Grande Cell Phone Tower Committee. After numerous...

Historical Society to take over care of veterans’ marker on 5th Street

There’s a little-known memorial in Boca Grande that is about to get some much-needed love and care. It is the Veterans’ Memorial at the corner of Gilchrist and 5th St., by the entrance to The Gasparilla...

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

FIVE YEARS AGO Crowder Gulf, a name we know and love from Hurricane Ian cleanup, was on our beaches cleaning up dead fish from red tide. TEN YEARS AGO The first cars went over the new center...

WEEKLY SEA TURTLE NEWS

August 3, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

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BOCA GRANDE’S (NOT-SO)ACCUWEATHER FORECAST

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Around the Town … photos by Marcy and Caroline

August 3, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Community

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Cutting the Gordian Knot that is the Boca Grande cell tower

July 27, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
News

Another chapter has been written in the ongoing “Gordian Knot” saga of the Boca Grande cell phone tower, as this week cell tower committee members have announced that Lee County has finally issued...

Islanders do what they do best when it comes to establishing emergency communications … they do it on their own

July 27, 2023
Marcy Shortuse
Community, News

When the winds died down on September 29, about 12 hours after they began, there was a lot of work to be done on Gasparilla Island. There were people to check on, roads to assess and to clear, wires...

Summer heat becoming a real issue with humans, as well as with pets

Anyone who knows island resident Libby Frazier knows that she is a lover of all animals. You might see her on her golf cart in town, several dogs in tow, running daily errands. There are few people...