Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Obituaries.
John Norman Grant Quirk passed away surrounded by his wife and children on August 22, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. Grant was born in Montreal Quebec, Canada on February 26, 1937. Grant’s mother died shortly after childbirth. At age nine Grant moved to South Portland, Maine with his father and stepmother. Grant […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Marion Lutz, the Director of the Englewood Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS), has been a very busy woman in the last few days. She, as well as a group of dedicated volunteers, has been taking in dogs and cats from flood-ravaged areas in Louisiana. These animals were already in shelters when the […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Seagate Development contractors are down at the southern tip of the island on the old FPL property almost every day now, getting ready for building to begin on the new housing development called Hill Tide Estates. It was a project that brought out very little community protest, at least until an […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has its way, a new ban could be put in place that would not allow fishing and boating around some of our neighboring barrier islands. At public workshops held earlier this month, the FWC posed the question regarding modifications to five “critical wildlife […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN As of Tuesday, Aug. 16, there were 125,715 active registered voters in Charlotte County, of which 55,163 were Republicans. There were 35,798 Democrats, and 34,754 people registered with no party affiliation, according to the Charlotte County Supervisor of Election’s website. Because of Florida’s closed primary system, voters must be registered in […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association released 70 baby sea turtles and one rare albino at the Boca Grande Community Center beachfront on Sunday, Aug 14. Turtle patrol volunteer Melissa Csank said Zone 2 patrol members excavated a nest three days after seeing signs of hatchlings emerging from the area. “They […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande bridge tender and toll worker Bill Pavia led quite an interesting life before deciding to make the move from Massachusetts to Florida four years ago. He grew up in Milford, Mass. with three brothers and three sisters. Attending parochial school in an Italian Catholic neighborhood, he recalls that everyone […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I watched a very interesting piece on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently regarding the fast-paced demise of print news. It’s essentially the breakdown of what we are inundated with every day when we turn on the television or social media on our computer … it’s what people now call […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, News.
To the Editor: Having read your editorial, we are wondering about the recklessness of visitors coming to the island in leaving junk and trash at the beach, at the parking places, etc. We are visiting the island frequently but do live in Germany. We do respect the privacy of homeowners by not parking close to […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – The Aug. 1 deadline for changing parties or registering to vote in this month’s primary prompted nearly 1,600 phone calls to election offices on the final day, and thousands of people changed parties to maximize their vote. About 8,800 people changed parties in Lee County since June, mostly to Republican, Lee County […]