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.
You would think from their image that pineapples originated in Hawaii. The pineapple, which is a type of bromeliad like Spanish moss, actually originated in the tropical Americas and the Caribbean. Explorers moved the pineapple around the tropical parts of the world and export from the West …
The coronavirus and the COVID-19 it causes is now among us here in Charlotte County. While not everyone is getting ill from the virus, we are all feeling the stress and uncertainty of this pandemic, whether it is changes in jobs, children staying home from school or the need for social distancing.
The coronavirus news is coming at us in waves and it can feel overwhelming at times. If you’re experiencing stress, fear or anxiety, that is a normal reaction. There are ways to cope – with the help of a therapist or through self-care strategies. Here are some coping tips I’ve shared with my staff:
Over the last three weeks our collective and individual world has changed dramatically. Certainly, there will be further changes, but nearly as certainly, the world we knew will return and we will rediscover the opportunities, challenges and problems we have put on hold. One of those challen…
In this moment in time due to the coronavirus pandemic, our nation is facing many challenges as we adhere to instructions of social distancing. Our leaders are working 24/7 to contain the spread and are developing American-made tests, vaccines and medicines in their efforts to eradicate this…
As the impacts of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, continue to spread across our state and nation, so too does the uncertainty it brings to every community it touches. Businesses are shuttering, everything is canceled, unemployment is climbing at a record pace and Congress is passing the larges…
The real estate industry not only helps provide homes for millions of Americans, but it also creates millions of job opportunities, making the industry a massive driver of the U.S. economy.
Wow, you guys (and gals) really had a fascination with our story about what the average body temperature should be.
Many people who know me will confirm that I don’t get “writer’s block.” Ever. I once told someone — and not very humbly I might add — that I could write about any topic given to me, including a knat.
Florida’s annual 60-day legislative session was supposed to end on March 13 but went into a short overtime to finish the budget and the required 72-hour cooling-off period before a final vote on the state’s spending plan.
The fear and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic may feel new to many of us. But it is strangely familiar to those who lived through the polio epidemic of the last century.
For most of you, we’ve been told all our lives that 98.6 is the normal temperature for a human being.
Like most folks, I’m making daily runs to the grocery store looking for ground beef for my family (I don’t touch the stuff) and toilet paper. Those are the two most requested items.
We live in a very caring and resilient community. We’re blessed!
Estonia, Singapore, Ethiopia and Finland – these are some of the 21 countries currently governed by a female president or prime minister.
As often said, “Sunshine is the best disinfectant.”
I’m not a doctor and don’t play one on TV. But Jerome Adams is. And he’s the U.S. Surgeon General. Dr. Adams urges the public not to buy face masks, as they’re ineffective in preventing you from catching the coronavirus.
It would be an understatement to say we have hit a rough spot in the road.
Certain Charlotte County commissioners have stated zoning is “outdated” and the county should permit apartment buildings, which can serve as affordable housing, in areas zoned “residential.”
As the new coronavirus casts a frightening shadow across the nation and the world, it is glaringly obvious how poorly prepared we are for the pandemic — despite many warnings we should have heeded over the past two decades. Perhaps we will again escape without catastrophic consequences, alth…
Let’s make no mistake about it. The #1 story last week (and this week) is all of our local coronavirus coverage. Period.
Bringing decency to the race for the president
Here's some advice for Democrats. It will run over 600 words, but I can give you the gist of it in two: Stop whining.
Doctors Hospital is proud to have treated and discharged to home the first hospitalized patient in the state of Florida diagnosed with COVID-19. We are equally proud to announce that as of today, every physician and employee involved has been cleared to return to work.
In this business, you kinda get used to having certain people around. And you appreciate them.
Doctors Hospital is proud to have treated and discharged to home the first hospitalized patient in the state of Florida diagnosed with COVID-19. We are equally proud to announce that as of today, every physician and employee involved has been cleared to return to work.
The first priority of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce is to always maintain healthy protocols for our business community and the citizens they serve. That’s you.
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We sure do love our restaurants. Some of us dine out daily. For retirees, it’s a new occupation. But at a Bradenton restaurant recently, a whole table was seen passing around, not the bread, but a bottle of hand sanitizer.
Doctors Hospital is proud to have treated and discharged to home the first hospitalized patient in the state of Florida diagnosed with COVID-19.
Global markets are crashing, the price of oil is plummeting and even entire countries are in lockdown. The odds of a recession due to the new coronavirus outbreak are rising every day.
Floridians working for the minimum wage just got a raise in January. The hourly wage went from $8.46 to $8.56 an hour! Wow — an increase of a dime!
Florida has been a graveyard for past presidential campaigns, though most candidates didn’t bring their own shovels to the primary.
We know that many of you — if not most of you — are tired of so many stories about the national elections and the COVID-19 coronavirus. We call it reader fatigue.
The goal of your Clerk’s Office for 2019 was to provide even more services, convenience, and cost savings to local taxpayers than our stellar efforts in 2017 and 2018. This was my primary campaign promise when I was elected to be your clerk of court four years ago, and our staff has tireless…
Nothing confirms the human need for strong, honest and competent government like a looming pandemic. The possibility that thousands, or even millions, could die from a randomly transmitted virus reminds us of our species’ vulnerability — and why society cannot exist without institutions that…
Ever notice that it seems that the same people write letters to the editor in this newspaper? Do you also notice that sometimes the information in these letters is wrong or that the conclusions reached can be misleading due to misinformation? How about that, come election time, many individu…
President Trump is playing a shell game with the American people and rejecting the founding principle of this nation: We have a president, not a king.
If you're running Donald Trump's re-election campaign, you must be tempted to dance a little jig whenever the Democratic candidates debate.
You take a student loan, you repay your student loan. That should be the obvious, baseline understanding of how student lending works. There may be times when that should not apply, but contra presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, those times should be rare, and depend…
Ask any young person, or anyone who knows young people, about student debt and you’re likely to hear some combination of frustration, exasperation and desperation. Every year, the data show the problem getting worse.
Florida Veterans for Common Sense (FLVCS) asks our elected officials and candidates for office to pledge to support a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that declares corporations are not people and money is not free speech.
The headlines are filled with stories about COVID-19, the Wuhan coronavirus. While the coronavirus is undeniably real, emails you receive about the disease are most likely a scam.
If you like big trees with big flowers, have I got a tree for you. The red silk cotton tree or Bombax ceiba is in bloom right now across our area. Have you seen this enormous woody plant?
If you haven’t heard, the Florida Legislature is attempting to abolish the requirement that governmental agencies publish legal notices in newspapers, which would push government further into the shadows and make it harder for Floridians to learn about public policy issues, make their voices…
New Jersey is the first state in the country that could require builders to consider climate change and rising sea levels to win approval for new construction, according to The New York Times.
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What happens when you mix food and crime?
I just couldn’t wait any longer to share the news with you all. This project has been developing (in my mind) for years and it’s time for the big “TA-DA!”
The little treasures that can found when cleaning out old files in an even much older building are fascinating. Take, for instance, a yellowed and tattered newspaper section from the Dec. 21, 1899 edition of The National Tribune: Washington, D.C.