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Key West swimmers dive into the season with a pair of home meets

Key West dove into its season with a pair of home swimming meets on Aug. 28 and 29. For their home opener, the Conchs dispatched the Pirates of Port Charlotte in both boys and girls competition. The Lady Conchs outscored the Pirates 81-23, with strong times and performances from…

Softball league for seniors looking for players

The Charlotte County 60+ men’s senior softball league is looking for players 60 years of age and over to play in the league. Games are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting Sept. 15. There will be batting practice at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 3, 8 and 10, weather…

Is your Florida home suffering from one hot room?

A bedroom that never cools down at night, a sunroom that becomes unusable by noon, or a garage workshop that feels like an oven are all common comfort problems in our area. The best rooms for mini splits are usually the spaces your central system cannot cool consistently, cannot…

Communication is the start to every good closing

If you want your closing to go smoothly, the following issues could cause a glitch in your timeline: • Unrealistic closing dates. When signing your contract, keep in mind that we need time to complete a search and clear up any title defects. You also need time for inspections. If…

Your Florida home deserves our hardwood plantation shutters

The most popular window treatments at Absolute Blinds Etc. this season are our hardwood plantation shutters. Locally hand-crafted from furniture grade North American hardwoods, they deliver the look, the feel and the ambiance of real wood that is unsurpassed. All of our shutters…

Installation takes time — and that matters

Replacing a window or door isn’t simply a matter of taking the old one out and putting the new one in. Homes settle. Walls move. Openings aren’t always perfectly square. Once an existing window or door is removed, our installers may uncover conditions that require additional…

David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together

Hello, I’m David Hoffmann. Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about our country, our communities and how we find our way back to one another. There is too much friction, too much anger and, often, too little understanding of the people and places closest to us. I serve as…

UF/IFAS Extension offering gardening workshop, Master Naturalist Program

The UF/IFAS Extension Office in Charlotte County is offering two significant educational events within the next few weeks: vegetable gardening workshops and the Freshwater Module of the Florida Master Naturalist Program. Detailed information on each is as follows: Vegetable…

Charlotte County 2026-09-03 E-Edition

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE PROPERTY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY CIVIL ACTION NO: 26001106CA Civil Division IN RE: VIZCAYA LAKES HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida non-profit Corporation, Plaintiff, VS.…

Time for Travel

Whether you seek to visit sun-drenched beach towns, mystic mountains, quaint European streets, or perhaps a modern Asian city, fall can be a perfect time to travel. With the busy vacation and tourist season behind us, the unhurried fall season opens up vistas far from the…

The post-summer money reset: 5 things to do with your finances

Summer has a way of stretching the household budget. From vacations and summer camps to dining out more and back-to-school shopping, those extra expenses can leave families spending more than they planned. September offers a natural opportunity to reset. With summer behind us and…