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On the loss of … Winifred ‘Wini’ Smart Quackenbush
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Obituaries.
Winifred “Wini” Smart Quackenbush, a lady who has brush-stroked more of Boca Grande’s true heart and soul than almost anyone else, passed peacefully at the age of 85 in Ellsworth, Maine after a long illness, surrounded by her loving family. She graduated from Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, N.J. and attended the Philadelphia College of […]
Profile Brian Darna
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Profiles.
■ BY SUE ERWIN Brian Darna remembers going fishing with his uncle, Capt. Babe Darna, many times when he was a teenager. He specifically recalls catching a 132-pound tarpon that took him more than 30 minutes to bring to the boat. “We used to come down in the summer and my dad would bring us […]
Hurricane Irma: The lady who couldn’t make up her mind decided Boca Grande wasn’t for her
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Would you believe we have been dealing with Irma in our daily lives since Monday, Sept. 4? That was the day, at about 9:20 a.m. when we first received word that this particular hurricane might affect our island. The spaghetti models were aimed at Southwest Florida, and people were urged to […]
Yes Virginia, hurricanes are real … so don’t shoot the messenger
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE You will have to forgive me this week as far as the content of the paper goes, our office has had no way to put out a newspaper this week. We have no power, no phones, no internet. This paper was created in my home in South Gulf Cove, put on […]
Bucket brigade for Texas: Lighthouse Church donates flood buckets for hurricane victims
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
■ BY SUE ERWIN Members of the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande set a challenge for the congregation to collect items and put together flood buckets and hygiene kits for the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Pastor Matthew Williams spoke about the challenge at the service last Sunday, and church members stepped […]
Profile Kelly Emery
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Profiles.
■ BY SUE ERWIN Kelly Emery is a great person to know when you need to cool down, especially during the steamy days of September in Southwest Florida. Kelly is the change-out coordinator at Grande Aire in Boca Grande. If your air conditioning unit breaks and you call for help, your name and paperwork will most likely […]
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part III Measuring buildings and making amendments
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development in Boca Grande and on Gasparilla Island. It’s a scene from the early 1980s that islander Sue Shaffer will never forget: Creighton Sherman climbing to the top of the Silver King complex with […]
Profile Mitch Smith
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Profiles.
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mitch Smith recalls spending the summer months of his youth at day camp at the Boca Grande Community Center. His father, Myron, worked for a cleaning business on the island for many years. His mother, Janice, worked as a teacher in Charlotte County for many years and now works for the Department of […]
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part II Building in Boca, and a war of words over the island’s future
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development in Boca Grande and on Gasparilla Island. As the tarpon season is getting underway in 1975, a station wagon backs into a gas pump at Millers Marina, rupturing a 5,000-gallon tank. The resulting […]