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Aisha Rosario was a junior at North Port High School when she found out she was pregnant with her first child.
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Schools may now be getting security from an unexpected and under-used source: student’s cellphones.
Rita Kagan pulled off a one-woman workforce coup when she took a sixth-month leave from her big-company job and never returned.
Carrie Hussey is the girl in class with her hand up.
Name: Juli Riley
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Turning from Burnt Store Road onto Tern Bay Boulevard reveals vacant lots full of brush, foliage and scattered riser pipes poking from long grass.
My wife and I were having fun taking two of our grandkids to a children’s museum. The kids had a great time interacting with the various exhibits. On the top floor we came to a fun house that had various mirrors that distorted your reflection. The kids, their parents and even their grandpare…
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My wife and I were having fun taking two of our grandkids to a children’s museum. The kids had a great time interacting with the various exhibits. On the top floor we came to a fun house that had various mirrors that distorted your reflection. The kids, their parents and even their grandpare…
Blue Star Mothers
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Charlotte County’s Beaches and Shores Advisory Committee wants to know what’s going on with the quality of water in estuaries, rivers and canals, and then they want it fixed.
Never give up.
Common plant names once again can be confusing and often relate best to how a plant looks at a glance, or even how the flowers smell. Asiatic jasmine is a good example. Not related to a jasmine, Asiatic jasmine is a common and well-loved ground cover that is versatile and even comes in a few…
The Community Impact Award dinner was held at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center. Award recipients this year were: L. Victor Desguin, longtime coach and youth sports supporter; Joann Winkler, founder of Charlotte County Empty Bowls; and Mike Riley, Charlotte County Public Sch…
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:
Good day to all! Did you know that during the mid-1800’s Thomas P. Kennedy was likely the most important trader on Florida’s west coast? Born in Philadelphia in 1812, he was raised by an aunt who placed him with a hardware merchant to learn the trade. As a young adult, he joined the Texas re…
A tall, kilted gent with a curling white mustache stood, grinning, between a Taino in a feathered headdress and a Ukrainian crown with roses.
The citizens who paved the way for the Sunseeker resort in Charlotte Harbor argued Monday over new rules that prohibit them from reviewing any actual project in that pivotal neighborhood.
There was plenty of “Micro-Violence” to go around, during the All Ages Micro-Wrestling event Friday night at the Charlotte County Fairgrounds in Port Charlotte.
'Rollin' on the River'
Charlotte Commis-sioners will vote today on rezoning to enable one of the region’s largest proposed developments.
As Hurricane Florence surges toward the U.S. East Coast, gas prices have managed to stay low.
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SARASOTA — With beachfront businesses from Collier to Pinellas counties reporting losses due to the red tide, the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering assistance.
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SARASOTA — The opioids crisis has seeped into Southwest Florida, and experts are trying to solve the problem for one specific group: pregnant women.
PORT CHARLOTTE — A man arrested early Monday morning is accused of threatening to shoot his wife and her lover outside Wawa in Port Charlotte, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported.
NORTH PORT — Tyren Kinard was found face-down on the street, shot to death, according to new details released Monday by the North Port Police Department.
A 2-year-old boy reported missing Sunday afternoon was found in a pond on his family’s property just before law enforcement arrived, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday.
