The Boca Grande Fire Control District Board of Commissioners approved its proposed operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year during a public hearing and regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Sept…
A project to reopen the 5th Street beach access ramp went to public bid, with the aim of reopening the steps in the fall 2027. The reconstruction is expected to be funded by FEMA reimbursements…
Several counties in Florida are experiencing an unusual increase in locally acquired dengue, a viral infection that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
“A mosquito h…
There will be an island-wide event on Saturday, Sept. 19 for International Coastal Clean-Up Day, a global initiative dedicated to protecting oceans and coastlines.
The event is put on through the…
Upcoming Homestead Exemption
Amendment 3, which will be on the November general election ballot, would give Florida homeowners a much larger homestead exemption. To pass, it would require 60 perc…
Charlotte County Community Services Recreation will be hosting a hiring event at Centennial Park Recreation Center located at 1120 Centennial Blvd., in Port Charlotte from 5-8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 21…
In Charlotte County, restroom renovations at Bissett Park, Englewood East Park, G.C. Herring Park, and Maracaibo Kidspace Park are complete and the restrooms are now open.
The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the Tourist Development Council’s recommendation to use Tourist Development Tax Reserves to fund improvements at the former Seafarer’s…
BY ERNIE VANDERWALT
Three days without salt. That’s a long stretch for a man who counts water as oxygen, and I felt every hour of it. A tropical storm had stirred the Gulf into a wild mess, and m…
