The family of Isabelle Joiner wants to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and prayers over the past week. Because Isabelle was a very well-know...
From the Miccosukee in the Everglades to Boca Grande and beyond people are asking … where is our clean water?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE UPDATE: Gov. Rick Scott has now issued an emergency order to allow water from Lake Okeechobee to be discharged to the south, into ...
29 boats, two days, 113 tarpon: Blaze takes win in WR2018
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It was raining silver in Boca Grande Pass on Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18, during the two-day 2018 World’s Richest Tar...
Beautiful and deadly: The sharks that swim in our waters, the people who love them and the people who fish them (A series in three parts)
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – This is the first in a three-part series about the sharks that swim in our waters, especially during tarpon season. This fir...
A most amazing development: Fishery property sold once again, this time to island owners who want to keep it ‘to scale’
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It may sound too good to be true, but it is: The Fishery property has been sold once again, and this time to a Boca Grande f...
Three Sisters saga continues as the camel’s nose gets in the tent
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There is an old proverb that says if a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow. Those are the words written...
Fishing families take the stage, islanders in front of the camera and behind in ‘Mullet and Mangroves’
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 3 a new documentary on barrier island life had its debut on local television stations, and it featured seve...
Three Sisters hearing includes attacks, allegations … but no decisions
BY MARCY SHORTUSE AND SUE ERWIN – The Lee County Hearing Examiner’s office in Fort Myers became a rather heated place on Tuesday, Jan. 9 as the ...