Tag: Boca Grande

The Island School opens its doors for the 2018-19 season

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This year’s Island School students gathered in their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8 to prepare themselves for the upcoming 2018-19 school year, which begins this...

Fire damages Boca Bay maintenance building, injures one

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT On Friday, Aug. 3 the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a fire call at the Boca Bay maintenance shed in the 900 block of Gulf Boulevard. Approximately $15,000 of damage was...

Profile: Patty Kitchen

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Patty Kitchen moved to Boca Grande in 1982, and she’s been working on the island ever since. But now, with the closing and sale of the building that housed PJ’s and The Grapevine,...

Turtle nest numbers up from last year despite red tide

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Despite the effects of red tide, sea turtle nests numbers are continuing to grow, hatchlings are making their way to the water and excavations are being done by patrol members on a...

Search for scallops coming soon

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The annual Great Bay Scallop Search is planned for this area is from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. The purpose of the resource monitoring program is to document the...

It’s midnight: Do you know where your tarpon are?

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT It’s midnight. Do you know where your tarpon are? That’s a question that Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and its fearless tarpon taggers are working to answer. Last month marked Bonefish...

Pets put their best paw forward to benefit SHS

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Suncoast Humane Society is looking for its next “top model” to star in its 2019 Pet Calendar. The calendars are a major fundraiser for the organization, raising top dollars to...

Boca Grande native credits growing up on island for her career success

August 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ PROVIDED BY THE US NAVY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH A 2002 Lemon Bay High School graduate and Boca Grande, Florida, native is presently engaged in a critical mission for the security of the...

Red tide: What Mote is doing now

■ BY HALEY RUTGER, MOTE MARINE LABORATORY From October 2017 through July 2018, Mote and its partners have monitored extensively for Florida red tide designed to augment public information on the...

Island fans from overseas question governor about red tide

To the Editor: We are regular visitors to Boca Grande from England and are horrified by what is happening with the red tide this year. It was bad enough when we were there in February/March, but we...