Congratulations to the Leadership Englewood Class of 2019. More than 250 people gathered Saturday evening to experience their Hawaiian Leadership LUAU. Guests were treated to a terrific show by authentic South Pacific dancers, a silent auction, lots of food, as well as fun events.
Free drivers ed.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sun Newspapers has a Facebook page for each of its newspapers and even for some of the magazines. Listed below are some of the better comments on Facebook in the past week or so. You can always look up the stories in the Sun Newspaper archives.
Tyler Crane, of Port Charlotte, spent nine years in the Army. Some of his service was in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Englewood Area Board of Realtors held its new member orientation May 7. They welcomed 22 new agents to their membership.
Our volunteer Tammie Diehl is hosting a group each month called The Fiction Writers Group from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the last Saturday each month here at the library. The next class is May 25.
After six months of weekend lessons and practice sessions with Mr. Hast Hoadley, the Englewood Pram Fleet Kids were ready to make their public debut.
LAKELAND — Alec Bigness, son of Paul Bigness and Janice Reese of Englewood, has been a recipient of the 2019 President’s Scholar Medal at Florida Southern College. The annual award honors a graduating senior who has achieved the most remarkable academic record and who demonstrates the greate…
ENGLEWOOD — Since October, Leadership Englewood members have met each month to visit and learn about places all over Englewood and two-county area.
The Friends of the Englewood Charlotte Library are proud to announce that Jennifer Simpson has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship for the academic school year 2019-2020.
Summer hours
Tochdown Club golf
PUNTA GORDA — At the place stories call home, Larry Chambers came to offer his tale.
NORTH PORT — Lucas Giffard, a senior at Pine View School, was awarded with a $20,000 robotics scholarship from Florida Power & Light Co.
Art is meant to evoke emotion for an audience.
At Charlotte Technical College, cosmetology instructor Mary Curby teaches students the basics of hair, then allows their creativity to shine.
Guests hob-nobbed, swapped business cards and indulged in a Macaroni & Cheese Bar followed by some delicious ice cream at the May 8 business card exchange, held at the Bronson family’s Swirls N Curls Ice Cream and Shear Sailing Salon & Tanning.
BOCA GRANDE — Owners and friends celebrated the opening of a new restaurant in the heart of Boca Grande, Scarpa’s Coastal.
The senior class of Lemon Bay High School was given a proper send-off on their last day of school, May 10.
