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ENGLEWOOD — It’s Holy Week in a whole new world.
PORT CHARLOTTE — An employee at the Publix on South McCall Road in Port Charlotte (Gulf Cove) tested positive for the coronavirus, the grocery chain confirmed Wednesday evening.
Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics available for Florida and our area counties, as of 6:30 p.m. April 8. The next update will be at 11:30 a.m., April 9. (Sign up for our Coronavirus Newsletter, which arrives in your e-mail each morning and has the latest local and national…
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Today (Thursday) is the last day for daily free lunches at Sarasota County Schools.
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Although distribution didn’t begin until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, parents of students in Charlotte County Head Start programs were lined up at the Baker Center in Punta Gorda by 9:30 a.m. to get a variety of supplies.
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NORTH PORT — A man who reportedly fired a pistol 15 times during a dispute with his son was arrested on felony charges after a neighbor found one of the bullets on his laundry room floor.
Just four weeks ago, we were moving our clocks forward an hour and enjoying the extra daylight in the evenings. It’s my favorite time of year because I don’t have to grill in the dark, and I love to grill and smoke food.
The North Port Area Chamber of Commerce will host a virtual coronavirus town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Greg Steube today.
NORTH PORT — COVID-19 is tough on working people. But it is especially cruel on the homeless.
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The spread of the coronavirus in Charlotte County has not become random, but is found at specific locations, Department of Health Director Joe Pepe told commissioners Friday.
Over the course of more than two hours, the Sarasota County School Board members decided against setting a firm timeline for their superintendent search.
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ENGLEWOOD — Lisa Church is shaken up after she said she was robbed at gunpoint while walking down an aisle at an Englewood Publix.
NORTH PORT — The Easter Bunny is thumbing his little pink nose at COVID-19.
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More than 137,300 people statewide have been tested for the coronavirus as of Tuesday morning, accounting for half a percent of Florida’s entire population.
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ENGLEWOOD — For three nights, Glen Wilson dreamed about hungry children. He wrestled in his sleep. It was a battle.
The Sarasota County School District will switch to distributing meals once a week beginning Thursday.
Rapid tests for the coronavirus have arrived in Florida, but not in our neighborhood.
Our library doors are closed until April 12, pending further developments, but your Englewood Charlotte library staff is still here.
Joy is not something we are talking about much these days, but here at Suncoast Humane Society during financially precarious and stress-filled times, joy is also part of our world.
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ENGLEWOOD — The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed the restoration of Manasota Key’s critically eroded shoreline.
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The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who robbed someone at a Publix Monday night.
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ENGLEWOOD — The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is even affecting the repaving of the Winchester Boulevard North corridor.
All jury trials in Florida have been suspended through May 29, according to a Supreme Court order signed Monday.
Charlotte County commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. today to hear a coronavirus update and to decide on possible prohibitions on open burning and fireworks due to the increased risk of wildfires.
SARASOTA COUNTY — County government officers have been taking steps to keep the public and their staffs save in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NORTH PORT — The North Port Police Department announced that James W. Nunn, reported missing over the weekend, was safe at home on Monday.
Are you an overwhelmed business owner? Maybe you’re a confused employee? Are you finding it challenging to digest all of the information distributed regarding the CARES Act, the Payroll Protection Plan, SBA Loans?
Achieva Credit Union has extended the application period for its Achieva Scholarship Competition to April 24.
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Another resident of South Port Square has died after testing positive the coronavirus, according to WINK News.
Our local big cat sanctuaries are nothing like what you would see on Netflix’s new hit “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”
NORTH PORT — During World War II, you couldn’t deliver flowers in rubber-tired vehicles.
ENGLEWOOD — Spinnaker and Sunnybrook boulevards will soon see sidewalks north of State Road 776.
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ENGLEWOOD — Give out a shout to those who are on the front lines of Englewood’s fight against the pandemic coronavirus COVID-19.
The Sun reports arrests in Charlotte County daily. The Clerk’s Office provided the following information regarding dispositions, sentences and outstanding fees. Defendants may be required to comply with additional sentencing conditions such as educational classes, driving restrictions, no co…
HCA Healthcare, which operates Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Englewood Community Hospital and Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, announced a new effort Friday to protect its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New cases of coronavirus in Charlotte County jumped first exponentially and then just doubled, according to state Department of Health statistics.
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SARASOTA — A decrease in patients and loss of revenue caused Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Friday to lay off, furlough and cut hours of some employees.
NORTH PORT — Some are worn thin.
Online learning began in Sarasota County on Wednesday.
ENGLEWOOD — Larry Ross envisioned Englewood Elementary School fifth graders working as a group creating cardboard artwork for an old barn not far from the school.
Every spring, Englewood United Methodist Church gives away dozens of free Easter baskets and throws a huge egg hunt for hundreds of families. This year, with COVID-19 shutting down the egg hunt, the congregation still wanted to give children their baskets. Church volunteers posted a pickup t…
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To slow the spread of coronavirus we’re being told to wash our hands more, preferably with soap and water, or failing that, with hand sanitizers. The resulting rush to buy hand sanitizers has led to empty shelves in supermarkets and chemists. But it hasn’t taken long for recipes for hand san…
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With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expected to increase its recommendations for more use of masks in public, there are people wanting to create their own.
PUNTA GORDA — A local, antique plane had some trouble taking off Thursday afternoon at Punta Gorda Airport.
Florida does not get full credit for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ late breaking coronavirus restrictions, according to key epidemiologists.
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Vitangelo Recchia, Carmelo Mangiafico and Eric Andreas came together in a Facebook promotional video Wednesday night — not as competitors but as comrades-in-arms feeding laid-off hospitality workers.
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ENGLEWOOD — Marilyn Wright is happy, and a mystery has been solved — at least partially.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood in Englewood Chapter JA hosted its annual High Tea & Hats luncheon March 14 at the Suncoast Auditorium at Englewood Community Hospital. The formal high tea in the British style included a full array of savories and sweets, plus auctions and a hat contest.
All of us at the Elsie Quirk Library want the community to know how much we miss seeing you in our building.