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October 16, 2025
The Gasparilla Island State Park at the south end of the island reopened early this week, including the public parking lot. The park has been closed for renourishment since July. This particular…

October 16, 2025
BY RENEE WILSON, THE AUDUBON SOCIETY While most Floridians slept, more than 30 million migrating birds crossed the Sunshine State last night as they made their way south to spend the winter in wa…

October 16, 2025
Tricia Wisner has been named Utilities Director for the City of North Port after serving in an interim role since May 2025. Wisner joined the Parks & Recreation team in 2017 after working in ope…

October 16, 2025
Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a workshop at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Room 119 of the Charlotte County Administration Center, 18500 Murdock Circle in Port Charlotte. One Charlot…

October 16, 2025
Join Friends of Cape Haze, Cape Haze, and the Windward community members for a vital conversation with Charlotte County Commission Chairman Joe Tiseo. It is Saturday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. at the Cape…

October 16, 2025
The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at JetBlue Park.  Lee County Government has…

October 16, 2025
From clubhouse to island If the name Alison Nash sounds familiar, it’s because for the past three years she’s been a welcoming presence at Coral Creek Golf Club, where she served as clubhouse man…

October 16, 2025
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” Ansel Adams, Feb. 20, 1902-April 22,1984 An American landscape visionary photographer, and environmentalis…

October 14, 2025
The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at JetBlue Park.  Greenwell, a native of Lee…

October 9, 2025
SUP Englewood’s “Coffee & Conservation” series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher tortoise, a keystone species threatened by habitat loss and environmental cha…