BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It seems like each week we experience a new phase in the COVID-19 crisis. From a lack of groceries to a constant battle with...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Another successful season of History Bytes is in the books
To The Editor: History Bytes – February 2020 All I can say is WOW!! The 2020 History Byte program has come and gone so quickly! We had a fantastic ser...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks for keeping us safe
To the Editor: A big thank you to the employers and clients who are paying us NOT to come do our jobs. We are scared, and worried too, but your kindne...
OBITUARY: Bob Hayden
Our family is heartbroken to announce that we lost one of the greatest loves of our lives. Bob Hayden loved his family and his many friends, the Navy,...
PROFILE: Gretchen Holla
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Boca Grande’s Englewood Bank has just hired a new manager to keep their tellers in good hands. Gretchen Holla has been in th...
‘To Go’ only: Florida Governor issues executive order closing all dining rooms in establishments on March 20
STAFF REPORT – Here is your to-go dining list for the island. An executive order by our governor has closed all dining rooms in restaurants. Sta...
Editor’s Note: What a difference a week can make
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last week in this same spot on the front page we had two cancellations in our social calendar, with a mention of a third, du...
A message from the Clinic: ‘It is time to put community above self’
BY DALY WALKER, MD – The Coronavirus is now moving explosively through the world’s human population. The latest scientific reports warn that wit...
COVID-19 and your tap water: It IS safe to drink
BY BONNIE PRINGLE – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that Americans continue to use, and drink tap water as usual. COVID-19 ...
Beaches closed, Inn closed: Clinic warns, don’t ‘stick your head in the sand,’ COVID-19 could be here
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches are closed due to concerns regarding COVID-19. Thi...