The Englewood Board of Realtors teamed up with Michael Saunders & Company, the Englewood Florida Chamber of Commerce, Farlow’s on the Water and Key Agency to serve veterans and their guests a free meal Monday at the Veterans Day celebration at the American Legion Post 113 in Rotonda West.
The Pioneer Days reboot was Nov. 2-3 on Englewood’s West Dearborn Street. Postponed from Labor Day weekend, the Pioneer Days Festival featured live music, a corvette car show, food vendors, kids games, a pie eating contest, a watermelon eating contest, and the famous beard contest. The winne…
The spring baseball season is still a long way away, but don’t tell the Lemon Bay Manta Rays. The program hosted its own version of the fall world series with a trio of special orange and blue games recently. Newly appointed manager Mel Brnovich hosted a special draft in which players from a…
Lemon Bay High School hosted rival North Port as they celebrated Senior Night on Friday at Veterans Stadium in Englewood. The Manta Rays defeated North Port 17-14 in a spirited game and earned their way into a playoff berth.
The Englewood Chamber of Commerce celebrated its premier event of the year when it hosted it’s eighth-annual Manasota Mystique on Saturday with a “New York, New York” theme. Guests enjoyed a night of partying in the “Big Apple” with food, games and libations gulfside at the Manasota Beach Cl…
Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County brought more than 100 women together to help build two homes for families in need during National Women Build Week, Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Twenty women came each day to help build houses in the Warm Minerals Springs area near North Port. For more informati…
Hundreds dressed and danced along Dearborn Street during the Safe Walk on Halloween. They gathered candy from businesses, churches, the Moose Lodge, radio station and others who bought hundreds of pounds of goodies for the large crowd.
The Pioneer Days parade — which has been a Labor Day morning tradition for decades — was postponed this year due to the threat of a hurricane. On Saturday, the 63rd annual Pioneer Days kicked off with a weekend festival and parade. More than 50 entrants were registered to participate in the …
The kindergarten students of Englewood Elementary were treated to a special fall celebration on Halloween for the annual “Silly Scarecrow Festival.” The children were encouraged to dress as scarecrows and they all were given opportunities to make fall-related crafts, decorations and food. Th…
Englewood children celebrated Halloween early at local churches and at nonprofit groups for the past week. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, businesses along Dearborn Street have lots of candy for the Safe Walk. There is also a free Halloween dance from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. today at the Englewo…
