Tag: COVID-19

Time they’ll never get back … Local high school seniors salvage what they can of their graduating year by looking ahead

BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Prom dresses hang in closets, some with tags still attached. Hallways that were once filled with noise and bustle are still. Yearbooks will still be distributed, but the friends...

‘Safe, Smart, Step-by-Step’ plan phase one to be implemented May 4

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday afternoon, April 29, that Florida would take “small, deliberate and methodical steps towards a more hopeful future” by declaring a...

A message from the Clinic: Putting the pieces together

BY TOM ERVIN, MD – My family enjoys puzzles; hard puzzles. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has given a new meaning to the term “jigsaw.” Two to three months ago, all of us were faced with a puzzle....

While Payroll Protection is looking up, unemployment filing problems plague furloughed island workers

May 2, 2020
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that on May 4 some retail shops and restaurants would be opening for limited business, some cheered and prepared to go back to work....

Island native wins prestigious library award for intellectual freedom

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Island native turned New Orleanian Seale Paterson was recently honored by the Louisiana Library Association with the 2020 Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award. This doesn’t...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BIPS says ‘Thank you!’ for Giving Challenge response

To the Editor: The Barrier Island Parks Society wants to say thank you to the many local residents who made our 2020 Giving Challenge an incredible success. In just 24 hours, BIPS received over $75,000...

Historical Society documentary regarding COVID-19 to air

May 2, 2020
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SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Jim Blaha, Chairman of the History Center, recently initiated an effort to document the Island’s current experience with the Covid-19 virus for...

CCP Wuhan Virus or a cold?

To the Editor: It is way past time to logically discuss the evil-villain, the invisible-monster running wild in the world. We need to begin in China where an incomplete science-experiment Coronavirus...

Boca Grande shows up on COVID-19 tracker

April 24, 2020
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A case, or cases, of COVID-19 have finally showed up on the radar of the Florida Department of Health this week, as they are reporting “five or less” cases in the Lee County...

A message from the Clinic: Help us slow the spread of COVID-19

BY HILJA BILODEAU, CEO OF THE BGHC – The health and wellbeing of the Boca Grande Community is paramount to us at the Boca Grande Health Clinic. We are here to serve the community. Our goal is...