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.
CrossFit affiliate gyms across the area are standing up against racism and calling out CrossFit founder Greg Glassman, after he wrote a contro…
One of Port Charlotte’s last used bookstores, Book Trader, is going out of business.
The Charlotte County Tourist Development Council announced the appointment of Keith Farlow as a committee member.
Yes, I realize this is a week early, but the June 17 in-person Third Wednesday Coffee will be the business place to be. It is the chamber’s fi…
Since the middle of March, as you would expect, our famed networking came to a rapid halt. As the state starts to re-open, we have been lookin…
We have a lot to look forward to as we head into June, and then the second half of the year 2020. Ramping up business, welcoming back visitors…
LAKE SUZY — When Allegiant Travel Company bought Kingsway Country Club in 2018, the goal was to create a premier golf destination for Southwes…