Tag: Gasparilla Island

Everyone should have the right to protect themselves

■ BY LEE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT In predictable fashion, President Obama and his acolytes immediately responded to the recent tragedy in Orlando by blaming guns. In turn, gun and ammo sales...

One body, debris field found 30 miles off Sanibel believed to be linked to missing boaters

June 22, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Coast Guard announced this evening they located a body near the debris field approximately 40 miles off the coast of Sanibel at approximately 4 p.m. The debris...

Englewood man killed, two others injured in boating accident near Eldred’s Marina

June 21, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 19, Dylan Gonzalez texted a photo of a juvenile tarpon to his girlfriend, Linsey Peyton. It was the first ever tarpon he had...

Missing swimmer not wearing a life jacket when he disappeared

June 21, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

One of Castro’s family members being taken away from Range Light Beach for evaluation after the incident. Photo by Nigel Spencer-Barnes BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The disappearance of a...

Authorities suspend search for missing swimmer off Boca Grande beach

June 18, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Photo by Andrew Sanger JUNE 19: The search for the missing swimmer, Javier Castro of Cape Coral, has been suspended this evening. Castro and his family were swimming off Range Light Beach on...

Ladies Night Out Howl: Bella Siren wins again!

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Was it the red shoes that did it? We may never know, but the team aboard the Jill Marie stepped onto the Whidden’s Marina dock as winners of the 2016 Ladies Night Out Howl at the...

Boca Grande native part of initial response at Pulse Club, awarded Medal of Heroism

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A Boca Grande native was one of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement officers who responded to the Pulse Club shooting in Orlando early Sunday morning,...

GIWA announces change in water disinfection

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable drinking water supply. From June 20 at 8...

New CEO, new doctor coming soon to Boca Grande

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce the appointment of Hilja R. Bilodeau, RN, as the Chief Executive Officer of Boca Grande Health Clinic.

Local man arrested for grand theft, burglary, damage to property

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT An island man was arrested by local deputies recently, after being charged with the burglary of a Gasparilla Island home and damage to property. According to reports issued by the...