News across Charlotte County

It’s a rosé craze
Lately, the wine industry trade journals have been running more stories about the rise in interest of rosé wines. Actually, this is nothing new. It started years ago with the debut of the infamous Sutter Home “White Zinfandel.” This easy-drinking sweetish concoction was…

My pet peeve: all those tricky snipe hunts
October is a month with both serious and frivolous events on the calendar. It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month—that’s the serious one—and it is also home to Halloween, which is not serious, unless you’re terrified of Jack-o-Lanterns. But in researching this month’s events and…

Charlotte County 2026-09-24 E-Edition

The hidden mental health toll of decision fatigue
Every day, we make hundreds of choices. Some are relatively simple, like choosing what to wear or what to eat. Others carry more weight, such as decisions surrounding work priorities, family responsibilities, health or financial matters. Over time, the need to constantly make…

A grateful farewell
This is my final column writing to our community through this newspaper. I’ve appreciated this platform and the opportunity to share health-related content, Lee Health news, advancements, innovations and, sometimes, patient stories. Thank you to the editors for sharing this space…

Puzzle Answers – 9/23/2026

Horoscopes
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) After much traveling this year, you’re due for some settled time with family and friends. Use this period to check out situations that will soon require a lot of serious decision making. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep your keen Bovine mind focused…

Crossword – 9/23/2026
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Sudoku – 9/23/2026

GOOD TECHNIQUE EXERCISE
It’s not difficult to make five clubs on this deal if you can see all four hands. All you have to do is to time your plays properly to avoid losing two spade tricks. But to make the contract without seeing the opposing hands is quite a chore, since it requires visualizing the…

Cages
When federal inspectors announced on September 11 what they’d known since January about conditions for prisoners at Alligator Alcatraz, they said the delay in their report had been caused by “a lapse in appropriation.” They didn’t use the right word. Conditions for 22,000…

Of Checkers and politicians’ dogs
This week we celebrate Checkers Day, which, oddly, is also known as Dogs in Politics Day. And what, you may ask, do a board game and presidential canines have in common? Literally, nothing. Except that a former U.S. senator happened to have a dog named after the aforementioned…