Tag: Boca Grande

PROFILE: Cindy Bartzer

October 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN – There’s a new friendly face at Englewood Bank ready to serve your financial needs. Cindy Bartzer started working at the island bank about two months ago. She actually found...

OBITUARY: Pamela Jones

October 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Pamela White Jones, 67 of Chickamauga, GA and former resident of Sandy Hook, Conn. was born November 29, 1950 in Lexington, Kentucky to Russell Edwin White and Betty Lee White. She passed away...

OBITUARY: Alfred Rudolph Sundberg Jr.

October 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Alfred Rudolph Sundberg, Jr., (April 18, 1937 – August 3, 2018) Rudy was fiercely independent, blazing his own trail through the world. He was a man of St. Paul through and through. He...

Turtle patrol thanks all for help during challenging 2018 season

To the Editor: To call this season challenging would be an understatement. Of the six seasons the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association has been active on the island, 2018 will stand out with all the...

Boca Grande backwater still reasonably healthy in the face of many colors of algae on the beach

At about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 2 there were no boats to be found on Whidden’s Creek except one, holding three anglers out looking for clean water and a good bite: And we found it. Capt. Sandy...

Details for Mark Futch memorial

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Services for Mark Futch, who passed away on September 18, 2018, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13. The morning will begin with the family scattering Mark’s ashes in Boca Grande Pass...

Boca Grande native is now successful Navy attorney

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande native Lt. Cmdr. Kathy (Young) Paradis, a staff judge advocate, is supporting the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines as part of Submarine Group Nine JAG...

The Gasparilla Inn & Club opens for their 105th season

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

Wednesday, October 5, 2018 PHOTOS BY DUSTY, JULIANNE AND SKIP PERRY

Activity slowing down for island nesting turtles and their babes

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The final few weeks of sea turtle nesting season are quickly approaching, with the season officially closing on October 31. “We are continuing to have a robust hatching season, and...

Boca Grande Woman’s Club scholarship apps due in February

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Scholarship Committee of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. In 2018, 52 scholars received financial support from the Boca Grande Woman’s...