Tag: Gasparilla Island

LBHS marine club students receive funding for seagrass project

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Dozens of aquariums filled with a variety of sea creatures line the walls of Lemon Bay High School’s aquaculture laboratory located at its Englewood campus. On Monday, April...

ISLAND SHERIFF, FIRE AND EMS NEWS

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS handled several calls this week that included an accident at 5th Street and Gasparilla Road involving an SUV and a trucker hauling...

Lee Commissioners vote unanimously to revamp Boca Grande Community Center, Island School playground this spring

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Tuesday, April 2 the Lee Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to award a contract for the purchase and installation of new playground equipment at Boca Grande...

An interview with Harold Bubil

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Good architecture is made of commodity, firmness and delight, said author Harold Bubil when he gave a presentation called “Florida Buildings I Love” at the Boca Grande Community...

Smart Studio to host art show April 10-22 to benefit children of Haiti, Dominican Republic

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Once again Smart Studio opens its heart to display the work of Dominican students from La Vega Christian School. Thirty students along with their art teacher, Massiel Lora, painted...

Boca Grande Woman’s Club announces 2019 Community Grant and Scholarships Awards

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Twenty-one area organizations will receive funding from the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Community Grant Program in 2019, with a total of $209,000 awarded. Earlier this year, the Club...

Obituary: Nathaniel Whiteside III

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Obituaries

Nathaniel Henry Whiteside, III (Nate), 89, of Glen Lake, Michigan passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in Kirkland, Washington, of complications of dementia. Nate was born March 18, 1929 in...

Profile: Dr. Richard Lockey

April 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Dr. Richard Lockey has been a professor of medicine at the University of South Florida since the early 1970s. He is the only remaining founding faculty member of the Morsani School...

Red tide update for Southwest Florida

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background concentrations in Southwest Florida over the past week. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at...

FWC announces license-free freshwater weekend

To the Editor: License-free fishing days provide an excellent opportunity for those who don’t yet have a fishing license to experience fishing, take youth fishing, or for avid anglers to...