SARASOTA — The Sarasota County School Board is planning to delay the first day of school three weeks, citing concerns that the COVID-19 pandem…
SARASOTA — After a months-long search, the Sarasota County School unanimously selected its new superintendent Tuesday.
In partnership with the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the North Port Area Chamber of Commerce is providing daily COVID-19 scorecard on the cham…
The last few days have taught us a very important lesson: Way too many people think the Chamber of Commerce is way more involved in local poli…
A Stanford University researcher was interested in how new technology was changing how people were building relationships, specifically romant…
It wasn’t too long ago that I reminded members of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce to not miss out on inclusion in the 2021 Community …
The storm intensified. The closures came fast. The fears mounted. The future was uncertain.
Punta Gorda was ranked No. 2 in USA Today’s reader’s choice awards for the Best Small Town Food Scene.
VENICE — Daryl Wilson was a bonus that came to the Venice Gondolier when former owner Derek Dunn-Rankin purchased the Charlotte Herald.
Due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, several local Bank of America centers have temporarily shut down.
The new normal for us, and most of the community’s nonprofits these days, is lots of Zoom calls. Despite the challenges posed by a quarantine …
As a Chamber of Commerce, the keys elements of our function are to advocate, represent and promote our business community. Never has there bee…
A Charlotte County couple has had monkeys on their backs for the past seven years.
To mask or not to mask?
A divide-and-conquer approach to managing a household seems essential during COVID-19. For married and partnered couples with kids, juggling w…
Yes, the Leadership Charlotte program continues as we all handle the seemingly daily news updates and life changes. Quite honestly, there does…
Allegiant Airlines has joined all other U.S. airlines in requiring masks to fly.
You’ve just got the job offer of a lifetime: a software engineer role at Twitter. For months, you’d been waiting for the call, to pack up your…
DETROIT — Stephanie McRae leaned into the bed of her husband’s 1997 Ford F-150 to slide in an enormous pellet smoker for her son on Father’s D…
CARY, N.C. — Epic Games, the maker of the Fortnite video game, has removed police cars from its popular battle-royale-style game.
The Department of Health and Human Services has given 22,000 masks to the city of North Port for distribution.
I’m sure you have all been on pins and needles waiting to see how our first in-person monthly meeting went last week. I can tell you that Jim …
As our communities and the state of Florida begin to reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Port Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes tha…
NORTH PORT — Confusing, at best, described the final minutes of a daylong North Port City Commission hearing Monday on a virtual platform that…
Despite the obvious conditions across the country, in the month of May, we were very impressed to learn that more than 14,900 people had searc…
ENGLEWOOD — Grande Aire will maintain its presence in Boca Grande, but is establishing major refrigeration and air conditioning operations at …
Have you heard that we’re having an in-person Third Wednesday Coffee membership meeting this week? It is being sponsored by Gator Wilderness C…
Optimism reigns supreme for more than half of Southwest Florida businesses surveyed about the economic dive they had just experienced.