Tag: COVID-19

Angels among us: Woman’s Club has more than 200 requests for funding

April 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – With nearly 200 requests for funding continuing to arrive and checks being processed to those in need, the BGWC Emergency Relief Fund is turning its attention to raising additional...

The ‘three-legged stool’: You, your bank, and the SBA

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you’re one of the many whose world has been turned upside down by the quarantine, and you’re trying to take phone calls with a child on one hip and a barking dog in your...

A message from the Clinic: Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

April 17, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY DALY WALKER, MD – I recently talked with a young doctor who is working at the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. The father of three small children, he is an associate...

COVID-19 by the numbers since it all began

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – While cases numbering, on average, 350 a day are still being reported to the Florida Department of Health, Governor Ron DeSantis is talking about opening schools and finding...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anecdotal information

To the Editor: As currently used by CDC, NIH and FDA the word is used to imply unreliability and therefore by implication invalid information. The legal profession uses this term in a similar manner...

In our hour of need: BGWC Emergency Relief Fund reviews first set of requests for aid, seeking matching funds

STAFF REPORT – The Task Force for the BGWC Emergency Relief Fund met on Wednesday, April 8, to review nearly 50 requests from individuals and local businesses that are suffering from immediate...

Case of COVID-19 in local Publix worker confirmed

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Wednesday, April 8 it was confirmed that an employee of the South Gulf Cove Publix, located on McCall Road across from McDonald’s and SuperDay in East Englewood, tested...

Home is where the health is: Governor issues Executive Order ‘Safer at Home’

April 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – In a move that surprised many, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 2020-91, the “Safer at Home” Order, on Wednesday, which means that all people in the state...

Angels among us: Woman’s Club initiates much-needed relief fund

April 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Woman’s Club announced today it will establish a $250,000 Emergency Relief Fund to provide immediate relief for the economic hardships incurred due to the shuttering...

The official word regarding our island population and COVID-19

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As the Florida Department of Health and private labs are able to provide more and more tests for Florida residents, numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases are exploding. As of...