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Florida Weekly (Naples)
Published September 02Honoring Dolly Parton
After a year of celebrating Dolly with all sorts of shows locally from “Threads” at Artis—Naples and “9 to 5” with The Naples Players, Naples joined the world in expressing adoration for the star through her 80th year. In Charlotte County, a writer shared his commentary on her…
Greene Publishing (Madison County Carrier)
Published September 02Charlotte’s Hope sponsors writing workshop
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Join Charlotte’s Hope Ministries for a writing workshop on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at The Bridge, located at 1135 E U.S. Hwy. 90, in...
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 02“Hope Lights the Way” at annual Recovery Candlelight Vigil
Charlotte Behavioral Health Care (CBHC) invites the community to come together for an evening of hope, healing and remembrance at its annual Recovery Candlelight Vigil from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Laishley Park, 100 Nesbit St., Punta Gorda. Held in recognition of…
Keys Weekly
Published 13 hours agoKey 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03Softball 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03Is 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03Communication 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03Your 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03Installation 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 02Steph’s Bakery and (Wait! — there’s) More
Set a food writer loose in a bakery, and it’s Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket time. Hubby Bill has gone low-carb on me, so I had to pretend to be two people at Steph’s Bakery and More. It wasn’t that hard. Having seemingly baked some 50 different fresh items overnight, Chef Stephanie…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published 23 hours agoDavid 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…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03UF/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…