Punta Gorda, FL News

• Punta Gorda, FL News
• PAST REPASTS
• Rieslings are as varied as the many places that produce them
• King of the Harbor Light Heavyweight Championship at the Charlotte Harbor Events Center
• Tom Rice honored at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• LATEST FILMS
• Emancipation Day celebration at the old Punta Gorda Courthouse
• HOROSCOPES
• Put it to the test: Good, better, best
• What they don’t teach you about being creative
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Letting go of being right
• Lead singer reflects on picking up with Styx
• Making his mark
• Watch out for Memorial Day scams
• Lennar homes expanding throughout SWFL
• 100 housing markets on improving list in May
• House Hunting:
• CDBIA mixer at Hair by Shawn and Company Salon & Spa
• Real Estate Million Dollar Awards
• National housing study reports the worst is over
• It’s Your Business… Your head creates your world
• Changing times call for new types of coverage for your business
• New state funding for breast cancer screening will save lives
• Edison State celebrates nursing graduates with pinning
• Twin Isles raises $15,000 for Komen
• Emergency technicians honored during National EMS Week
• Pets of the Week
• When marriage derails, you can find the magic to get back on track
• Diving into the mystery of the Cayo Largo
• Not if, but when
• NBC2 says farewell to Len Jennings, welcomes Peter Busch
• Dad will go mad for stylish antiques
• Amazing flying and filching skills make this bird a survivor
• Veterans say no to NATO
• Gay marriage is not inevitable
• The new America
• Expressions of Humankind: Kavanaugh captures one day in Charlotte life
• DRIVE SAFELY
• Still the go-to place for martinis, One Eleven’s French cuisine could use soupçons of consistency
• Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary gold fundraiser at St. Andrews South
• St. Vincent de Paul golf fundraiser at St. Andrews South
• Mother’s Dayy at Closer to the Vine
• Do More for One in Four Walk for mental health
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Strategies in planning — and giving
• Mourning Maurice with milk and cookies
• ‘City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• And pooch makes three
• Ready, set, Monet: Artists plan the next Fine Arts Fest run
• IMAGINARY STREET SCENES
• Is residential housing as cheap as it’ll ever get?
• Flood insurance will cost more after October
• What $425,000 will buy in Southwest Florida
• North Port Chamber Business After Hours
• Charlotte-DeSoto Building Association general membership meeting
• Goodwill receives CVS $25,000 grant
• Kay’s Kloset collects 800 bras for C.A.R.E.
• Managing your portfolio and managing your expectations
• It’s Your Business…the ugly business of cold calling
• Games of chance
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Governor declares May ALS Awareness Month in Florida
• Curves at Towles Plaza offers free membership trials
• Blended families can adjust more easily if they recognize rocky road ahead
• Boating and bridging the gap
• Pets of the Week
• Plan ahead
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• Garden Ware features sneaky, surprising critters
• Common bird bounces back from man-made disasters
• Coal, foreclosures and Bank of America’s extraordinary event
• The end of China envy?
• The un-American award of the year
• FCAT scores plummet — many wonder what to do
• FREE CLINIC GROWS UP
• Fourth Annual Freedom Isn't Free Poker Run
• Society Edison State College 2012 Graduation at Charlotte County Event and Conference Center
• Stay connected to your favorite wines
• First anniversary celebration at Opus Restaurant
• Country Fest 2012
• Beautiful Bobby Blackmon at The Ice House
• Swingin’ on Mondays at the Cultural Center
• CAPSULES
• The Avengers
• HOROSCOPES
• Thanking my dad for today’s column
• Wonderfully bizarre and totally campy, it’s ‘Irma Vep’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Turning an artist date into a real date
• ‘Let’s Pretend This Never Happened’
• Arts & Humanities presents 16th annual Charlie Awards
• WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
• House Hunting:
• Industry Entrepreneurial Contest Awards
• April ribbon-cuttings
• Punta Gorda Chamber Luncheon
• Health-Care
• Hospitality
• Real Estate
• Health and Fitness
• Construction
• Banking
• A layman’s guide to TARP and the QEs
• It’s your business… Brand promise
• THE RISING PRICE OF FLORIDA CATTLE
• SWFL MicroEnterprise project honors first all-female graduation class
• Pine Island mystery: Fire at the Toucan
• Heron Creek pro tennis exhibition raises $1,100 for Heron Creek Community Foundation
• Punta Gorda Club announces tennis/sports camp
• Pets of the Week
• Feed your feline
• The Skin Cancer Foundation: How to prevent skin cancer
• May is National Stroke Awareness Month
• Local hospitals spotlight health care professionals
• Fawcett presents skin cancer screening
• Living together before doesn’t necessarily mean happily ever after
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• Take Stock graduating seniors receive full college scholarships
• Bikes & BBQ to benefit veterans groups
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Horn chairs use natural elements to emulate Victorian forms
• Community Christian School’s ‘Coach Rusty’ makes gridiron dreams come true
• The real Mad Men: Following the money behind TV political ads
• The Left’s favorite bad statistic
• Looking ahead to the East
• A tale of two mothers: Same-sex couple fights to make a family
• THE REAL COST of a DUI
• Old Florida meets fresh seafood at Peace River
• Women’s Rally at History Park
• Concert benefit for ‘Dangerous’ Dan Toler at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association volunteer banquet
• Golden Retriever Rescue of SWFL 3rd birthday celebration and reunion in Punta Gorda
• CAPSULES
• Summer movie preview
• Being responsive to change
• Laughing through the tears with six strong Southern women
• HOROSCOPES
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Public school art to be celebrated at VAC
• ‘Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole’
• How to throw a curve ball with a fin
• Heels, baby
• Youth Summer Arts Camps provide off-time creativity for kids
• The Mystery of Irma Vep
• Merger creates largest appraisal institute chapter
• Express Employment acquires Shaver Employment
• House Hunting:
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business After Hours at Polk Law Firm
• Charlotte County Chamber Business Card Exchange at Community Bank
• April consumer confidence falls, but much hinges on upcoming election
• Understanding China
• It’s your business… Why not you?
• BOOSTING BUSINESS THROUGH STORIES
• Senior Extra hosts health events during Older Americans Month
• When love hurts, the brain feels the pain
• Sleep for success: Ways to have a better night’s rest
• Show empathy: Don’t assume the divorcing man is a cad
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• Pets of the Week
• Mixing plants and pets
• Keller Williams serves community on RED Day
• FGCU receives national Arbor Day award
• Door stops become show-stopping antiques
• Cedar Point provides an intimate look at Lemon Bay
• Celebrate National Public Gardens Day at Lakes Regional Park
• To former Michigan resident, Charlotte is paradise
• The NSA is watching you
• Conrad the scrivener
• What is a good cop?
• Southwest Florida’s vanishing pay telephones are an endangered species
• Best of 2012
• Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge May 4 though May 6 Laishley Park and Marina
• Punta Gorda Hibiscus Festival May 19
• Memorial Day Ceremony at Fishermen's Village Monday, May 28
• Lunafest -- National Touring Film Festival at Punta Gorda Women's Club May 11
• PAST REPASTS
• Cuisine happenings give us much to celebrate post-season
• Great wine starts with properly raised grapes
• Relay For Life
• CHYC Blessing of the Fleet
• SteveFest at History Park
• Punta Gorda Block Party
• CAPSULES
• ‘Chimpanzee’
• HOROSCOPES
• Learning the skills to be ‘famous by Friday’
• OMG! ‘Legally Blonde, the Musical’ at the Broadway Palm!
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘I’ll Walk Alone’
• Searching for perfection
• Watching in the dark
• Edison’s Ragan continues to build her theatrical legacy
• Fishermen’s Village wishes Kidz well with donation
• Public invited to CCU open house April 26
• Venetian Golf & River Club introduces Artisi neighborhood
• Punta Gorda’s Acapulco Gardens sells more than 20 units in one month
• House Hunting:
• Edison State president’s scholarship luncheon
• Board of Realtors business card exchange
• Success at job fairs: Working the opportunity
• Real Estate
• Charlotte County Chamber luncheon at Visani
• Law
• Education
• Coast Guard
• Banking
• Microsoft: Clearly better than a bond
• It’s Your Business… Mackay 66
• food trucks rolling into town
• Pets of the Week
• Safer swimming
• Three dogs find home at Charlotte County Jail
• Concert benefits ‘Dangerous’ Dan Toler
• Alzheimer’s report reveals some unexpected findings
• Nobody’s perfect, so embrace what’s unique about you
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• Engaging in authentic island living
• Collectors fish for finds on aquariums
• Cunning red fox makes its home practically everywhere
• Obama’s policies: The real scandal in Cartagena
• Fast times at the GSA
• The case for American women
• Unemployment numbers keep improving
• VOICES OF SWFL
• Peace River Film Festival Returns to Punta Gorda September 20-23
• CIRQUE
• TV makeover benefits Cap’n and the Cowboy
• War on the Peace Dragon Boat Festival at Laishley Park
• Bridal Expo at Fishermen’s Villiage
• Relay For Life Punta Gorda
• VIP Reception for ‘Hairspray’ at Edison State College
• PRCW presents spring poetry contest
• SteveFest season wraps up April 20
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• CAPSULES
• ‘Bully’
• HOROSCOPES
• A ray of hope
• Reading ‘The List,’ checking it twice
• Fundraising jam set to benefit ‘Dangerous’ Dan Toler
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Collection gives insight into the early settlement of SWFL, Seminoles and more
• Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge Tournament & Festival returns
• The last judgment
• Cirque meets symphony
• Chuck Negron
• Six tips to consider before spending that tax refund
• What $400,000 will buy in Southwest Florida
• Charlotte-DeSoto BIA membership kickoff
• Charlotte County Chamber Women
• Emancipation Day event to be held May 19
• Ethical challenges in a time of systemic financial failure
• It’s Your Business… the law of attraction
• LIGHT BLOOM
• Pets of the Week
• Easy care for aging pets
• Free skin cancer screenings available June 9
• Hemsath signs on as nurse recruiter
• The secret purpose of gingerbread trim
• Digestive disorders should not go untreated
• From the nest to financial independence
• Florida students lead nation in AP participation
• Korman Center raises funds for C.A.R.E.
• County commissioners head to Washington to advocate for and seek Charlotte County funding
• Many wrinkles in the tale of the iron’s evolution
• Voters signing up as independents
• Self-confessed geek builds websites indoors but loves the outdoors
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• The long, hot March of climate change
• The social Darwinist smear
• Open the damn door
• Unveiling the autism experience, Hannah speaks
• Living in FEAR
• Local Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor Michael W. Landsberg Is Recognized Among the Top Advisors In Florida on Barron’s 'America’s Top 1,000 Advisors: State-by-State' List
• PAST REPASTS
• Closer to the Vine announces weekends with Chef Robert Moltzan
• Step outside your comfort zone with fresh new whites
• Conquistador Ball at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• ‘Charlotte’s Got Talent’ — Phantoms of the Orchestra’s Charlotte Symphony fundraiser
• Physicians’ Reception at South Port Square
• ‘Balloons Over Paradise’ float over SWFL April 14-15
• CAPSULES
• ‘American Reunion’
• HOROSCOPES
• Leaders: They’re somewhere in between
• It’s style over substance in Florida’ Rep’s ‘Black Tie’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Monaghan adds to character portfolio in ‘The Day’
• ‘Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt’s Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York’
• A visit to the sausage factory
• Punta Gorda Block Party celebrates 26th year
• Diverse & deep
• Venetian Golf & River Club introduces Capello carriage home neighborhood
• Port Charlotte waterfront
• Young professionals invite community to build cardboard boats for upcoming race
• North Port Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Warm Mineral Springs
• Charlotte County Chamber business card exchange at Nav-A-Gator Bar and Grill
• Back Pack Kidz receive donation
• Allegiant Air announces Punta Gorda operations base
• Get the facts before hiring a contractor
• Trying to make sense of financial bedlam
• It’s Your Business…what you didn’t know you didn’t know
• Landlord’s market
• Uncovering underwater mysteries
• ‘Breast Basics’ infused with warmth and humor
• Charlotte Regional honors March employees, volunteer
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Unemployment can cause pain: Remember what’s important
• Second annual Fred Lang Foundation luncheon set for April 12
• Punta Gorda Relay coming up April 14
• THIS WEEK ON WGCU-TV
• Pets of the Week
• Deadly danger
• Transforming tables, chairs and other curiosities draw interest
• Mother and daughter cancer survivors stay strong and carry on
• Black in White Plains: The police killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
• The murders that don’t count
• Gunning for Tampa
• Passover: Fine-tuning freedom
• Superpstitious?
• Charlotte Chorale to Perform "Let Music Fill the Air" April 14
• Punta Gorda Historical Society Home Tours
• Business is looking peachy in Arcadia
• Big Crush presents the Funk Fest featuring The Mummies
• ‘BaseBall’ event at Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• Perfect Caper owners branching out, not closing up
• CAPSULES
• ‘Wrath of the Titans’
• Giving Challenge collects $2,401,601 in 36 hours
• HOROSCOPES
• ‘Wicked’: Defying gravity and bullying
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘The Dressmaker’
• Three finalists will audition to be CSO maestro next season
• Making wise choices in food and relationships
• Dragon Warriors
• House Hunting:
• Charlotte State Bank & Trust celebrates 25 years
• PG Chamber Lunch at the Cultural Center
• March ribbon-cuttings
• Drop in consumer confidence Keeps pace with 2011 trend
• 401(K): Old dog with new tricks for the sole proprietor
• It’s Your Business … Attention
• Sugar
• Bank offers free investment workshops
• Fawcett CEO Tom Rice to be honored for leadership
• Local physician participates in breast cancer treatment research
• Riverside Behavioral Center employees bond for SmileTrain
• Don’t tarnish golden years: Compromise and listen
• ‘Mote south’ presence could generate millions, eliminate eyesore
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Friend or foe?
• World travelers establish business that’s for the birds — and other creatures
• Forget fear of flying; fear airport screening
• Madison’s last stand
• Go out and see, pilgrim
• Florida Weekly celebrates five
• Love at first (home) brew
• Here Comes the Mummies Funkfest Saturday, March 31
• Programs at the Renaissance Center Herald Court in April
• Krupp Brothers Winery starts with great terroir, then adds grapes
• 2012 Florida International Air Show
• Moffitt art event at Creations Gallery in honor of Ruth Spies
• ART NEWS
• Edison State to perform ‘Hairspray’
• ‘No Paved Road to Freedom’
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Hunger Games’
• HOROSCOPES
• Baseball and philanthropy have more in common than you think
• ‘A Picasso’ that feels like a forgery
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King’
• Once not a gentleman, always not a gentleman
• Edison State hosts ‘Old Florida in Film, Fact and Fiction’ series
• Wrapped in Talent
• Spring antics at the preserve
• House Hunting:
• CDBIA Member Mixer at Just Counters and Other Stuff
• PG Chamber Business After Hours at Friendly Floors
• Photographs bring back ‘Memories of World War II’
• To Roth or not to Roth, that is the question
• It’s Your Business …Kauffman Study
• Making music pay
• Students to show off projects for Community Engagement Day
• Casino hosts hot air balloon festival
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Eden Autism Services launches fundraisers for autism awareness month
• Relay For Life of Port Charlotte less than a month away
• Panic attacks can be frightening, but are manageable
• University wins national recognition for community service
• FGCU competes as finalist in climate competition
• Would you like a cup of tea?
• This week on WGCU-TV
• Classic jokes immortalized as collectibles
• For a former soldier and his new wife, it’s all about the children
• Walking While Black: The killing of Trayvon Martin
• The sad plight of Obama’s Edsel
• The bona fide red, white and blue
• Shell Factory celebrates 75 years
• TOURISM MATTERS
• Bark for Art March 31 at Towles Plaza
• Local Author Book Signing Tuesday, March 27 Herald Court
• Higher Ground’s ‘Inspire’ performance at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Captain’s Table serves one of the best sunset views around
• Eco Fest At Warm Mineral Springs
• Friends of the Punta Gorda Library present ‘Cleopatra: A Life’ at the Twin Isles Country Club
• Englewood Music Festival
• ART NEWS
• Peace River National Art Festival at Laishley Park
• Films
• St. Patrick’s Day Punta Gorda
• 2012 FORT MYERS FILM FESTIVAL
• Realpolitik: Local author Jac Simensen launches a new thriller
• CAPSULES
• ‘21 Jump Street ’
• HOROSCOPES
• The 36-Hour Giving Challenge
• Rarely seen ‘Brigadoon’ not to be missed at Broadway Palm
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Pure’
• Edison’s Lee campus offers a chance to speak with Holocaust survivors
• Rejection Therapy takes the sting out of being turned down
• Wonders of the air
• House Hunting:
• Palm celebrates opening of its full service Hyundai dealership
• New date set for first International Women’s Night to honor outstanding SWFL women
• Governor holds off on drug testing bill
• A plan for businesss is essential before, during and after a disaster
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Whiskey Creek
• EcoSafaris offers a new kind of theme park
• Make sure managers are helping you buy, not making a sale
• It’s Your Business … It ain’t all business
• Tablets in the workplace
• Pets of the Week
• Ruff It
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Charlotte Regional celebrates employees, volunteer of the month
• Sometimes the effort is as important as the apology
• State leaders: Pill mill efforts working
• Medical mission heeds Jamaica’s cry for help
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Celebrity horse graced the labels of various products
• Bow waves and bottlenoses
• Fun-loving Barrett serious about family, community and art
• Terror, trauma and the endless Afghan war
• Hire me
• Going to the movies
• SWFL’s new psych hospital fills a gap
• HIDDEN TREASURES
• PAST REPASTS
• PGI Association Gifted Gatortor Fashion Show
• Cattle Barons’ Ball at The Charlotte County Event and Conference Center
• International Miniature Aerobatic Challenge
• Hold hands and keep walking at Alligator Creek Preserve trails
• Herb Day 2012 coming up March 31
• What’s your (compass) point?
• ART NEWS
• Peace River National Art Festival returns to Laishley Park
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Which came first: how or why?
• A marvelous ‘Red’ that doesn’t match your sofa
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man’s Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World’s Most Terrifying Killers’
• Seduction’s untapped resource
• Fort Myers Film Festival ready to roll
• Sanctuary for sanctuaries
• What $379,000 will buy you in Southwest Florida
• Venetian Golf & River Club offers three villas for quick delivery
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Learn to act fast at first sign of a stroke
• Free autism screenings offered for young children
• Cappiello promoted at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
• Interested in grad school? Find out what FGCU offers
• Diamond Dinner allows guests to dine at JetBlue Park
• Medical Expo at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center
• Man, machine, markets have merged
• It’s Your Business … It ain’t all business
• Taxing times
• Hispanic Chamber to host job fair
• Lee Memorial hit with $15 million bill
• Pets of the Week
• Catch it if you can
• It’s National Nutrition Month: Get your plate in shape
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Cruel real estate fallout: Divorcing and having to share home
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Chara therapist speaks out
• Homeless coalition to fight city’s eviction order
• Deep-diving gannet built for underwater hunting
• The bipartisan nuclear bailout
• No substitute for victory
• The great natural peace that endures all torment
• EDO sees blend of aging and technology in Charlotte’s future
• Major pain
• New diner showcases Southern food and hospitality
• Karats n Krystal benefit for St. Vincent de Paul
• Charlotte Symphony Scandinavian Night
• Dancing with the Stars at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• Gerro Fashion Show at Gerro Couture
• Asolo explores the world of Mark Rothko in ‘Red’
• Charlotte County Jazz Society announces scholarship auditions
• Symphony announces legacy campaign
• Rotary presents night of music
• High flying in the great outdoors
• Leslie DaCosta Musician
• CAPSULES
• Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
• HOROSCOPES
• Having new eyes
• ‘Hello, Dolly!’ : Totally captivating and endearing
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘The Expats’
• Hold the beard burn, please
• Seeing Red
• House Hunting:
• Goal Post fundraiser for Military Heritage Museum features Super Bowl star Anthony Hargrove
• Charlotte State Bank offers estate planning workshops
• Boys & Girls Clubs to host fourth annual BaseBALL
• Model plane aerobatic event set
• Gift benefits children’s unit at Charlotte Behavioral
• Charlotte Chamber Business Card Exchange at Koch, Zeaman and Walsh and Centennial Bank
• February ribbon-cuttings
• S&P marks three-year bull run
• It’s Your Business …Fail
• They’re back!
• Free web conference helps caregivers identify depression in aging parents
• High school seniors’ quest for blood benefits Charlotte County
• Community involvement can answer critical questions about cancer causes, prevention
• New parents need to remember their friendship, and keep talking
• Pets of the Week
• This week on WGCU TV
• St. Patty’s day decorations growing in popularity
• Charlotte County native working to make United Way cash register ring
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Wikileaks vs. Stratfor: pursue the truth, not its messenger
• Iran’s terrible rationality
• The Publix conundrum
• Coup d’état: Punta Gorda man’s exoneration affects one state’s law
• NOT IN MY BACKYARD
• Peace River Seafood Festival March 10-11 Laishley Park
• Wine and Jazz Festival 2012
• Benovia Winery stars at Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest
• 2012 Wall of Warriors Honoree Dinner at Charlotte County Cultural Center
• National Art Exhibit Awards Ceremony
• Teacher and Support Empoyee of the year celebration at Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• Fort Myers Film Festival to feature world premiere of ‘Mambo Man’
• Charlotte Symphony to feature Scandinavian classics, American youth
• CAPSULES
• ‘Act Of Valor’
• HOROSCOPES
• You’ll learn a lot simply by watching
• More teeth, less politeness for a more accurate ‘Tru’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Jansen gallery opens during Art Walk
• Boys will be boys; and so will men
• ‘The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers and the Coming Cashless Society’
• Remembering Peg Longstreth
• Dancing with the Stars
• House Hunting:
• Rays celebrity bartender night on tap
• Free estate planning workshop set
• Sponsors sought for expanding Police Jammers Youth Basketball League
• Pets of the Week
• Check in with a checkup
• Golf outing to benefit Charlotte County needy
• Former corporate exec says it’s never too late to change careers
• Versnik retires from YMCA
• Bell named president of BIA board
• RSW sees declines while Page Field traffic jumps
• Data2Logistics global expansion increases in Europe
• Suncoast Technology Forum at the Captain’s Table
• Gold is melting up
• It’s Your Business …Walk Away
• Governing grouper grabs
• War story flashback
• HEALTH NEWS
• Komen Race for the Cure event set for March 10
• Migraines: More than a headache
• You can’t always fix it for your children
• Conquistadors celebrate Florida’s discovery March 3
• This week on WGCU TV
• COMING UP AT THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Sundials popular throughout the ages
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Celebrating art: Students’ fine photography earns accolades
• New Obama Campaign co-chair: ‘The president is wrong’
• Kulturkampf as public health
• Vomit, and other peculiarities of Rick Santorum
• Community gardens: Growing phenomenon hits Charlotte County
• Leading with heart
• Punta Gorda Dragon Racing Returns on April 14
• Alli-Gators’ sprawling menu satisfies diverse tastes
• Jazz Brunch at Isles Yacht Club sponsored by Presley Beane Financial Services
• PG Chamber Wine and Jazz Festival 2012
• Broadway Palm tours classic rarely staged
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• CAPSULES
• ‘This Means War’
• HOROSCOPES
• Connecting donors who care with causes that make a difference
• A doubt-less ‘Doubt’ misses the point altogether
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Cleopatra: A Life’ will be library friends’ fundraiser
• Reflections on the Civil War
• National art exhibition on display through March 11
• BEACH READING
• Love advice from the Goldman twitter feed
• Last chance to see ‘Forum’ in Charlotte
• The next great thing
• House Hunting:
• Real Estate
• Tourism
• Banking
• Create a plan to handle another equity crisis
• Charlotte County Chamber Lunch at Carrabba’s
• Man overboard: The attack of the wild
• Tourney benefits Wounded Warrior Project
• Calusa Queen sets sail
• Salon celebrates with open house
• SWFL Community Foundation hosts grant workshops
• It’s Your Business... Public Relations
• Seeing red
• Historic home tours coming up
• Parenting class offered
• Pets of the Week
• No-magic dragon
• Cincinnati man stops in Charlotte as part of a quest for water
• Take a trip for better brain health
• If baby talk hurts, speak up and let your friends know
• March weekend’s events benefit Semper Fi Fund
• Pottery producer appealed to popular tastes
• Heron Creek foundation gathers food for needy students
• Support public broadcasting in supporting life-long learners
• Promised and delivered: blue-Blood journalism
• The Afghan War’s nine lives
• Bringing once upon a time to life
• 83,957 children living in Florida are ... HOMELESS
• 5K Run/Walk and Family Festival for Autism Speaks February 25
• Charlotte Chili-Beer Festival at Laishley Park
• PAST REPASTS
• Pottery Express & Bamboo Farm festival
• Italian Festival at Laishley Park
• Soulful anthology to debut at Dearborn Street book fest
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Forever is a long time: Part two
• ‘The Exonerated’: Amazing tales of Death Row innocents
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ARTS NEWS
• ‘Thomas Ince: Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer’
• Hands off my sweet tea
• It’s Wine & Jazz time in Punta Gorda
• Southwest Florida Arts
• Florida has second biggest share in foreclosure case
• Save money on airfare
• What $325,000 can buy in SWFL
• Charlotte County Chamber Business Expo at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center
• It’s Your Business…Do you need a business plan?
• Tailor fit
• Free lectures examine Southwest Florida’s role in the Civil War
• Uncommon Friends Foundation accepts scholarship applications
• Household chemicals linked to lowered response to childhood vaccinations
• Sign up now for new student housing at Edison State College
• Confronting intruders on the water
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Targeting tumors may help stop spread of breast, other cancers
• Turn to friends, agencies if spouse shows signs of dementia
• Pets of the Week
• Tricks are ...TREATS!
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU-TV
• By George! Washington collectibles garner interest
• Okaloacoochee Slough more than just OK
• America’s pro-choice majority speaks out
• Clint Eastwood: Half-baked in America
• REACTION (able, ary, ist)
• Latin Fest comes to Punta Gorda this fall
• Selling Out Paradise
• Team Punta Gorda's Pedal and Play Event March 31
• Corks 'n' Canvas February 22
• Warbird Weekend February 25-26
• 3rd Annual PGI Home Tour Benefits Cooper Street Kids Saturday Febuary 25
• Punta Gorda BBQ and Music Festival at Laishley Park March 2-4
• Charlotte Harbor Chili Challenge and Beer Festival
• Hands Across the Harbor
• Worden Farm tour yields bounty of fresh organics and tasty tidbits
• Panty Hose Free Zone women’s expo at the Cultural Center
• Biennial National Art Expo Grand Opening at the Visual Arts Center
• Catch a Met opera at Town Center Mall
• ARTS NEWS
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Woman in Black’
• HOROSCOPES
• An affinity for success
• A bedroom-hopping farce: Dated, but fun at Florida Rep
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Borrow: The American Way of Debt’
• Fiber artists featured at Unitarian Fellowship
• Local bead artists featured in international magazine
• Q69 Tony
• ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author to meet fans
• Concert Coup
• House Hunting:
• Studio hosts Valentine’s event
• Valentina’s hosts Valentine’s mingle
• Children’s boutique open for business
• Cultural Business Card Exchange hosted by the Charlotte Players
• Thinking about money on Valentine’s Day
• It’s Your Business… Programming
• SEEING THE LIGHT
• Blue Angels return for SWFL 2012 air show
• Dialogues on 2012: Why the world will not end
• The war that came in from the cold
• Pets of the Week
• No-fly zone
• Surprise: The adventure continues
• Fifteen ways to overcome overload and work smarter
• Early childhood education conference planned
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Library presents visual arts series
• Author: Simple treatment could curb heart disease
• Children’s Hospital receives fashion show proceeds
• Park Royal Hospital preparing for patients
• Don’t stress about Valentine’s Day, just talk to your sweetheart
• This week on WGCU TV
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Sailor’s valentines actually travel souvenirs
• The quest for chocolate
• Rich man, poor us
• The last WASP
• Giddyup, Johnny, and Godspeed
• Cupid costs money: Can you afford to date?
• The real price
• Charlotte Harbor Regatta February 2-5
• This Valentine’s Day, get to know a new sweetie
• Palette to Palate Visual Arts Center
• Charlotte County Reign Semi-Pro event at Jack’s
• 23rd annual C.A.R.E. Ball at Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• A&E NEWS
• Charlotte Chorale to perform ‘Peace and Liberty’ concert
• CAPSULES
• ‘Man On A Ledge’
• HOROSCOPES
• It’s the results, not the process
• Intriguing ‘Race’: Not as clear as black and white
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• House Hunting:
• Punta Gorda Port Charlotte North Port Board of Realtors’ business card exchange
• The end of the 30-year mortgage?
• It’s Your Business… Customer Appreciation
• Cash down
• Church moves into permanent home
• Mission team returns to Haiti
• Wall of Warriors banquet coming up Feb. 17
• Community foundation accepting 2012 grant applications
• Grounded: The adventure continues
• Farmworkers’ rights group will greet Trader Joe’s
• Pets of the Week
• Furever friends
• Benefit features 1-carat diamond prize
• Palm donates cash and equipment to soccer federation
• HEALTH NEWS
• Don’t listen to a secret if you can’t keep it
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Rankings give inside look at schools
• NASA program engages Florida STEM students
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU TV
• Mission-style furniture more than simple straight lines
• ‘Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race But Changed the Nation’
• Men sending mixed messages? I don’t think so
• Expressing the essence: Folk artists travel long road to ArtFest
• Super 8 (Times 2)
• Minivan cool
• A late payment to mortgage-fraud victims
• The Republican Clinton
• Paean to the utterly useless
• Powering up: the new savings and investment plan
• BUILDING CONFIDENCE
• Concert - Glenn Leonard's Temptations Revue
• Dancing with the Charlotte Stars at the Event Center March 2
• King’s Brass: Charlotte Chorale fundraiser
• Farlow’s offers exceptional selection of local fish
• Wine Tasting at Spago Day Spa
• MS Fund Raiser at Opus Restaurant
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Moody Blues performance added to Van Wezel lineup
• Higher Ground hosts grand reopening
• Punta Gorda prepares for major national art show
• CSO to make performance history
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Dreams come true
• ‘Moonlight & Magnolias’? Fiddle-dee-dee!
• Event features jewelry artists’ creations
• Spirit of the Gulf presents free concert Jan. 27
• The Saturday night puppet show
• Auditions open for Theatre Conservatory for students
• Tattoos, piercings and loud music, oh my!
• ‘The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook’ and ‘The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Great Bowmanship
• Ripple effect
• House Hunting:
• Board of Realtor inductions
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business After Hours at Nav-A-Gator Bar and Grill
• Charlotte-DeSoto Building Industry Association installs new leadership
• Bad news for Japan, the UK and Ireland
• It’s Your Business … Seller’s block
• Publisher to posit on future of newspapers
• Local authors’ book helps entrepreneurs and small businesses
• The mysterious music of migration
• UF researchers discover ‘green’ pesticide effective against citrus pests
• Pets of the Week
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Tanks a lot
• Air show passes available to young readers
• Half marathon set for Feb. 12
• Ten Alzheimer’s warning signs
• Being positive with your partner can have a powerful effect
• Edison Collegiate High School hosts information session
• LLI session looks at the lives of Nazi camp liberators
• This week on WGCU TV
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Tea time traditions date back to ancient China
• Passionate pals promote pedaling in paradise
• The day the Internet roared
• ‘Dude, where’s my life boat!’
• Educating a president
• Lavish rum dinner will benefit Children’s Hospital
• VS. - How Florida Republicans will pick our next president this week.
• Banjo Bash at the Charlotte Event Center February 17 and 18
• A Night in Napoli at Trattoria Limoncello on January 30
• Casino Night at the Woman's Club Friday January 27
• Hands Across the Harbor Saturday January 28
• An Afternoon with Doris Day at Burnt Store Presbyterian Church January 29
• Home and Garden Show January 21 and 22 at CHEC
• Punta Gorda Speedway Opening Night January 21
• Artists’ Party at the Artisans’ Atelier
• Predicting the next big thing in wine trends: grenache
• The sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
• John Johnson, director and founder of the Charlotte County Big Band
• CAPSULES
• ‘Contraband’
• Briefs
• HOROSCOPES
• M&M: Not a mouse, not a candy… not even a New York Yankee
• ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’: Intense, challenging
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Easy listener
• What $325,000 can buy in SWFL
• Patsy and Paulie: Unplucked
• SBDC to host Entrepreneurs Law School
• Punta Gorda rentals on the rise
• Charlotte County Chamber Networking Lunch at Laishly Crab House
• Team Punta Gorda Special Event
• Hi-ho the Derry-o the judge stands alone
• It’s Your Business … Fantastic shameless marketing
• Packed houses (mean packed pockets)
• Harbor Nissan donates $10,700 to homeless coalition
• Anxiety, stress and conquering the demons of the mind
• Strange discovery
• Pets of the Week
• Botox for pets
• Photo
• IYC hosts open house
• Pantyhose Free Zone opens Feb. 4
• Shame gets in the way of us accepting ourselves
• Char Regional presents Mini Medical School Jan. 25
• Peace River Regional Medical Center opens new heart institute
• This week on WGCU TV
• Air show passes available to young readers
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Johnny Mouse: A long-forgotten lovable character
• “The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of ‘Enough’”
• Tim Conway: The funny man cometh
• Kick Starting
• The conchs of Wintertide
• Guantanamo at 10: The prisoner and the prosecutor
• The unsatisfying Mitt Romney
• Lean Mean Burger Gyrene
• Get ready to charge
• Covering Election Coverage
• The Haggis Bash January 21 7 p.m.
• Still Friends Opens For Ben Prestage at the Woman's Club January 20
• 7th Annual Punta Gorda Wine and Jazz Festival
• Farmers market tour yields tasty finds
• ‘Swan Lake’ at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center
• Parade launches IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships
• Yoga Sanctuary hosts CARE fundraiser
• VAC announces Palette to Palate event
• YMCA club to present pottery project
• Atelier Art Party coming up Jan. 14
• REMEMBERING RUTH SPIES
• Worst of 2011
• HOROSCOPES
• Is giving dynamic or static?
• Joan Didion adaptation opens in Florida Rep’s Studio Theatre
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• BEACH READING
• Casting a wider net
• House Hunting: 1511 Casey Key Drive, Punta Gorda
• Postal Service upgrades its app
• Divorce guide emphasizes conflict resolution
• Charlotte Chamber kickoff for Business Expo at JD’s Bistro
• Women’s expo set for Feb. 18
• The value investor’s proposition
• It’s Your Business... strapped to the mast
• Tips for successful networking
• Business networking
• Learning from life’s experiences: The naked truth
• Scamalot: BBB releases top 10 scams
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure helps breast cancer victims locally
• Florida KidCare offers coverage for uninsured families
• Battling the bulge involves lifestyle overhaul
• Do you dwell on the negative? Cognitive therapy can help
• Pets of the Week
• Better vet visits
• This week on WGCU TV
• Coming Up at the Renaissance Academy
• Hands Across the Harbor benefits environments center
• ‘Cold-painted bronze’ popular Art Deco era metal treatment
• Local author addresses historic journey
• Feeding the artful eye
• Young essayists talk about the meaning of MLK today
• Republicans divided, citizens united
• Thatcher vs. Decline
• What kind of conservative are you?
• Holiday sales bolster optimism among merchants
• Redrawing the lines
• JFK The Case for Conspiracy -- Presentation by Leading Expert at CHEC February 27
• 15th Annual Punta Gorda Sullivan Streeet Craft Festival January 21 and 22
• Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society Presents "Boogie on the Harbor" on February 16
• PAST REPASTS
• Friends don’t let friends drink white zinfandel
• Night Before Christmas Food Drive in Englewood
• Pre-New Year’s Eve event at D’Vines
• As the New Year begins, ‘Batman’ filmmaker asks what inspires you
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Less Than $1 A Day
• Unreal reality: There’s no accounting for taste
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Duo performs inspirational music, prose
• ‘Here’s what I’m working with’
• Make your travel plans with the Renaissance Academy
• House Hunting:
• Father/son honored
• SandStar named Small Business of the Year
• Centennial Bank earns top rating
• Charlotte County Young Professionals lunch at Torch
• December ribbon-cuttings
• Board Of Realtors general membership meeting
• Some simple rules for investing wisely
• It’s Your Business… Self-employment
• serving up citrus
• Better Business Bureau releases app
• Find out about your phone before you roam
• ON THE REBOUND?
• FGCU alumni weekend coming up
• Corks ’n’ Canvas sets tone for January’s Gallery Walk
• Museum honors community achievement at MLK breakfast
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• MS society dinner at OPUS set for Jan. 18
• Mini Medical School presents lecture
• Scleroderma symposium registration deadline nears
• This week on WGCU TV
• Help is out there, if you think you have a drinking problem
• Retrain the house-train
• Pets of the Week
• Facing the cold front head on
• The tensions between real and recreated cabinets
• ‘Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves’
• Music legend Dionne Warwick comes to Fort Myers
• The Charlotte Symphony presents A WORLD OF MUSIC
• Local author’s clever twists a reader’s treat
• If you can’t beat them, enjoin them (from voting)
• Blame the rich
• For the deceased-but-not-yet
• A flurry of Sunshine State snowfall memories
• THE YEAR IN iDEAS
• State Ballet Theatre of Russian Presents Swan Lake at CHEC January 7
• IFS Disabled Sailing World Championships January 7-15
• Honest Tax Tips
• Choose wisely when choosing a bicycle
• Did your parents ever have ‘The Talk’ with you?
• Eyeglass lenses have gone digital
• Stress: A silent enemy to the body-mind-spirit
• Universal Surgical Associates versed in complex procedures
• There are many options to solve knee problems
• Chelsea Place: Not your ordinary assisted living facility
• InterStim Therapy now available to treat chronic fecal incontinence
• There are ways to make those New Year’s resolutions work
• Reconstructive abdominal wall surgery now available locally
• Ghost bicycles of past, present and yet to come
• Parental intervention can head off childhood weight problems
• Relief from aching legs
• Local doctor published in prestigious medical journal
• Permanent weight results can start at any time of year
• The gift of marital peace for Christmas
• Be realistic in your
• Lighting of the Menorah at Temple Shalom
• Book Tarpon Lodge for an island restaurant getaway
• FLORIDA WEEKLY SOCIETY
• CAPSULES
• ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
• HOROSCOPES
• New Year’s resolutions: In one year and out the other, Vol. 3
• My bunch of art non-resolutions for the New Year
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Local women explore their own experiences with ‘The Help’
• Bag ladies, murder and more invade Punta Gorda’s art world
• Coming to the Cultural Center Theater
• Fig, fall into my mouth
• God of Carnage
• House hunting:
• Civil Air Patrol celebrates 70 years of service
• Time to make some New Year’s investment resolutions
• It’s Your Business… It Ain’t Easy
• thaoxnteipsts
• Resolutions for the new year
• Innovative Healthcare Solutions earns top award
• AllPro ranks among HomeCare Elite for fourth year
• Sit stronger to control back pain
• In this high-tech world, let’s not forget to treat people humanely
• Pets of the Week
• Check the neck
• This week on WGCU TV
• THE LIVING GULF COAST
• Homeless Coalition campaign kicks off with Derby event
• Edison State graduates 28 nurses
• Wild ride: Local author’s book gives life to little-known history
• Bradley Manning and the Fog of War
• Applying while Asian
• Boom shacka lacka lacka, Boom shacka la boonka boo
• Nonprofit to provide training and jobs for disabled veterans
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Joe Cracker
• North Port and Charlotte joint chamber After Hours at See Port Optometry
• Poll reveals what people do with lousy gifts
• Treasury says ‘buy-buy’ as it pays tribute to paper bonds
• KOVELS: ANTIQUES & COLLECTING
• the Lives they led
• Dave’s Gourmet offers fool-proof recipe and a chance to become famous with your own
• Champagne makes the holidays — or any day — sparkle
• Nav-A-Gator 17th anniversary celebration
• Lighting of the Christmas Fleet at Isles Yacht Club
• Authors & Artists Christmas Bazaar at FGCU
• Sullivan Street fest offers post-holiday pick-me-up
• New vintage destination: coincidence or trend?
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Art Exhibit
• BEACH READING
• Charlotte Symphony names executive director
• CAPSULES
• ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Angels I have heard on high
• Waiting on wisdom
• What $300,000 can buy in SWFL
• ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ provides inspiration for student writing contest
• Community foundation scholarship application process begins now
• Boomerangs grand opening
• The big tug of war
• It’s Your Business… In the elevator
• Canary rising
• HOLIDAY CALENDAR
• ’Tis the season…
• Multiple schlerosis: A local woman’s story
• Charlotte Regional shares tips on safe toys
• Pursue your passion, tend to your important relationships and … laugh
• Columbus ships available for boarding in Punta Gorda
• Pets of the Week
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Art Exhibit
• Dogs can catch your yawn… … and other strange pet facts
• This week on WGCU TV
• BEACH READING
• Hands Across the Harbor accepting registrations
• Warbird weekend set for Feb. 25-26
• CAP essay contest winners announced at Nav-A-Gator
• Beauties mark the march of time
• Young authors compose letters to Santa
• We are what we eat: Real food leads the way to wellness
• Climate Apartheid
• The myth of the new Newt
• Crossing the other Delaware: a personal view of Christmas
• Parkside homeowner sees neighborhood improving
• INSPIRED
• HOROSCOPES
• The unsung hero
• Exhibit provides impetus for environmental action
• Nothing beats a comfy pair of Shoes
• Five cool things about the ‘Mid-Century Modern’ exhibit
• Have an artful New Year’s Eve
• New Year's Eve at the Tiki Bar at the Sheraton
• 2011 PGI Lighted Boat Parade Sets Sail December 17
• In Your Face specializes in offbeat cupcakes
• Wilson Realty Breakfast BBQ
• FLORIDA WEEKLY SOCIETY
• “Mr. Holidays Presents The Rooftop Hop”
• Gift will launch music therapy program at FGCU
• COMING UP AT THE VISUAL ARTS CENTER
• COMING UP AT VAN WEZEL
• Artists sought for art festivals
• Actor needed for ‘Forum’
• Robert Webber named artist of the month
• Book fairs benefit Charlotte County Library System
• The Moody Blues added to the Van Wezel’s 2012 season
• Film festival announces new director and staff
• Collectibles track Santa through the ages
• ‘New Year’s Eve’
• CAPSULES
• HOROSCOPES
• Think like your grandmother
• ‘Becky’s New Car’: As much fun as a Maserati
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• The suspense thermometer rises with this chilling mystery
• Dear Abby letters put relationships in perspective
• The Met presents two performances ‘Live in HD’
• My life as a rat, a flower, a snowflake in ... ‘The Hard Nut’
• Lakefront living
• Anoesis
• Pets of the Week
• Game-changers
• Let's go fishing
• Snook off limits
• Here’s to wine gifts that keep giving all year long
• Lifestyles and discovery
• Researcher predicts modest growth in consumer confidence
• Charlotte Desoto Building Industry Association induction and awards ceremony
• Getting a little help from your Value Forum friends
• It’s Your Business … It ain’t easy
• SWFL is Oil Country
• Citizens’ Academy application deadline approaching
• HOLIDAY CALENDAR
• Grieving loved ones need holiday help
• Equine research could lead to better understanding, treatment of brain infections in horses and humans
• Just say no — calmly, slowly and without guilt
• Workshops for bicycle and pedestrian plan set
• Help abuse victims and receive free parking
• Parents, check out Santa websites before the kids do
• Blue Angels return to SWF for 2012 air show
• An honest look at foster parenting
• NEWS OF THE WEIRD
• Listen to the people, not the polluters
• What’s wrong with Tim Tebow?
• Conversion: L’Chaim
• The Santa factor: Kindness and joy and love
• OCCUPY
• Kiwanis Sponsor "Socks" Car Show on December 10
• Peace River Boat Parade Set for Sunday December 11
• Charlotte Chorale Presents Holiday Favorites Concert December 10
• History Park bustles with Candy Land holiday magic
• Phil’s 41 excels at more than crab cakes
• Lighted Golf Cart Parade at Fishermen’s Village
• Patti Presseller, Sunart Gallery, Punta Gorda
• Punta Gorda Garden Club presents Holly Days Home Tour
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Muppets ’
• Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of the missing drama
• HOROSCOPES
• Giving: it’s the right thing to do
• Charlotte Players presents ‘Annie’
• Columbus replica ships to dock in Punta Gorda
• Charlotte Symphony holiday concert brings back Steve March Tormé
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• In a state of undress
• Loan modification:
• Consumer confidence jumps 15 points
• House Hunting:
• Satya Realty opens in Punta Gorda
• Historical Center announces Symphony of Trees winners
• SWFL prepares to welcome The Traveling Wall
• Local foundation mixer features grant presentations
• Growing Port Charlotte & North Port Real Estate Office Joins EXIT Realty
• An outboard adventure
• Simple holiday design tips usher in the season
• Entrepreneurial Academy Graduation 2011 at Koch, Zemen and Walsh and Centennial Bank
• Punta Gorda Chamber After Hours at Centennial Bank
• OMG, financial shorthand for U and your BFFs
• It’s your business … fusion marketing
• Golf on the upswing
• Pets of the Week
• Picks of the litter
• Time to get tickets
• Just do it: Moderate or intense, regularity is the key to reaping the benefits of exercise
• Fifteen Tips for Mindful Holiday Eating
• Pick the right time to rock the boat with your partner
• Safe toys: purchasing what’s right for young girls and boys
• HOLIDAY CALENDAR
• This week on WGCU TV
• Prized chestnuts had their own special bowls
• The Classic Art of making Noise
• Over the river and through the woods
• Pulling accounts from the unaccountable
• Lazy, soft and unimaginative
• (Another kind of) Love gifts
• Sweating out the holidays on the job
• once DEADLY
• 2nd Annual Festa Italia Comes to Laishley Park January 28-29
• 2012 Punta Gorda Block Party will be April 21 -- It's a Family Affair
• Charlotte Chorale's Kings Brass Fundraiser January 21, 2012
• 2nd Annual Punta Gorda Pub Crawl scheduled for February 25, 2012
• Festival of Lights starts November 19 with Lighting of the Village at Fishville
• Holly Days Schedule Announced -- Lighting of Punta Gorda's Christmas Trees, Lighted Boat Parade
• 33rd Annual Christmas Parade in Downtown Punta Gorda December 3
• Punta Gorda History Park become "Candy Lane" on December 2 through December 10.
• Kiwanis Christmas Card Lane December 3 through January 7
• Jingle Bell Run/Walk
• Keep it simple when selecting the right glass for wine
• Do left-handed winemakers make better wine?
• OUR 2012 COVER
• Parrot Heads at Nav-A-Gator
• Nature festival at Charlotte Sports Park
• Free to Breathe 5K run-walk at Charlotte Sports Park
• HOROSCOPES
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Messages from hearts filled with gratitude
• Candy Land Christmas sweetens History Park
• BEACH READING
• A parentheses or an estuary?
• Names of dancing Charlotte ‘stars’ announced
• Simple holiday design tips usher in the season
• What $250,000 can buy in SWFL
• Appliance alert: the holidays are upon us
• Foreclosures spur interest … again
• Pets of the Week
• Preventive Care Plus
• Southwest Florida Community Foundation names Owen CEO
• State universities consider reforms
• Early registrants for Komen race qualify for airline giveaway
• How do we say thanks?
• Better Business Bureau: 10 tips for Black Friday shopping
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Cap’n and the Cowboy
• Florida’s jobless rate falls in October to 10.3 percent
• A treatise on two investment types
• Santa program provides holiday cheer to seniors
• It’s your business … Pocket rockets
• Day care for mom and dad
• Local students can connect with far-flung journalists
• Free autism screenings offered
• Health News
• End of year: Making the most of your health care coverage
• Turkey-day trot set for Nov. 24
• Hands Across the Harbor will benefit environmental center
• Raising hands, awareness to stop type 2 diabetes
• When sibling needs conflict, throw out the family scorecard
• Play ball!
• This week on WGCU TV
• HOLIDAY CALENDAR
• Authentic Shaker-made furniture can be a rare find
• Southwest Florida Arts 2011-12 Season Guide
• Life and the Lord in old Port Charlotte
• The brave new world of Occupy Wall Street
• The Newt moment?
• Roll on the macho
• Low rates on home loans spur business
• BOTTOMS UP
• Visual Arts Center "Faces and FIgures" Exhibition opens December 5
• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert Saturday, December 4
• Beer Anyone. International Beer Festival Saturday in Punta Gorda
• Tree Lightings in Punta Gorda December 2
• Christmas with the Celts Returns to United Congregational Church December 15
• St. Vincent De Paul Walk for the Poor January 28, 2012
• Uncalled for Christmas Tour December 12
• ‘Big John’ Lloyd and sons huddle around barbecue
• Grey Matters fundraiser atop the Punta Gorda parking garage
• Eat Drink and be Married at Laishley Park
• Edison’s ‘Crucible’ features local actor
• Turning Leaf Productions season promises talent, variety
• Jewish Book Fair features seven events, 14 authors
• Scratch this, not that
• House Hunting:
• Local anti-drug coalition earns top national honor
• Jeff Kottkamp chosen to lead VR Laboratories
• North Port ranks at top for digital cities
• Americans making risky health care tradeoffs
• Homeless coalition reports empty food pantry as holidays approach
• Electrical charge
• U.S. Food Show at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• DeSoto BIA chili cookoff
• Pets of the Week
• Is ‘people food’ safe?
• The new science behind the games of baseball and investing
• It’s your business … differentiation
• Cybersecure
• Edison courses announced
• Exploring affordability options for senior living
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• HEALTH NOTES
• New program launches for senior care providers
• That workplace love affair will likely destroy a marriage
• University joins cyber security consortium
• This week on WGCU TV
• CAP essay contest
• Nav-A-Gator wins Trop Rock top spot
• Semper Fi and the simple things of life
• Early Thanksgiving dinners required hard work and special tools
• SWFL novelist unveils autism thriller
• CAPSULES
• ‘Jack and Jill’
• HOROSCOPES
• Working with volunteers: an essential part of fundraising
• Getting to the point
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?’
• A cheeseburger every day
• Chorale invites community to sing along
• Shrek the Musical
• NASA seeks hosts to connect students with Space Station crew
• Appreciating the beauty of a road most traveled
• Keystone XL: Ring around the rose garden
• America the mobile?
• Running for president
• Piecing together a free medical clinic
• all BETS are ON
• Punta Gorda Chamber End of Hurricane Season Trolley Bar Tour -- November 3
• Chilli Cook-Off to Culminate Spirit of the Frontier at VAC November 12
• Elks Veterans' Appreciation Parade Saturday November 5
• Trattoria Limoncello Hosts "A Night in Napoli" October 26, November 9 and 23
• Christmas Decorating Seminar for Boats and Houses November 19th
• 4th Annual Mistletoe Ball at the Event Center December 3
• Punta Gorda Holly Days Home Tour December 3 and 4
• Pottery Express & Bamboo Farm hosting "Art and Music Fest" Sunday, November 13
• Perfect bird à la Jeanie
• IN THE KITCHEN WITH… Chef Jeanie Roland
• Acme Cancer Bike Ride, Danny’s Downtown
• Boo Ball at Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association
• Artsensation at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• Boulderbrook Productions announces festival schedule
• Big Band performs fundraiser
• Charlotte Players announces activities
• CAPSULES
• ‘Tower Heist’
• HOROSCOPES
• Philanthrophy and the three legged stool
• It’s not too late to enjoy an A.R. Gurney romance at the Sugden
• Jazz group ready for second season at the Phil
• Opening night success
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Artists earn green for green-friendly art
• Pearl Harbor books
• As innocent as I look
• House Hunting:
• WCI unveils four new grand villa floor plans at Venetian Golf & River Club
• Salon beats Guinnes World Record
• The Keys to paradise
• Florida 511 app now features traffic cams
• Balancing act
• Charlotte County Chamber After Hours at Brian Chapman State Farm Insurance
• The connection between crude and food
• It’s Your Business…Fumbling forward
• Local deals abound this BLACK FRIDAY
• Reign football tryouts begin Nov. 18
• Stone Crabs announces season
• Pets of the Week
• Relay for life calendar
• HEALTH CALENDAR
• Be calm. You can speak up to that difficult family member
• Osteoarthritis gene therapy could help people, animals
• Golden retrievers reign at historic Spanish Point fest
• HOLIDAY VIEW
• Grey Matters event set for Nov. 12
• City council declares Helen Wrobbel day
• Fullington selected for Harvard Club honor
• This week on WGCU TV
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Crude pest control devices sought by collectors
• Ne’er the Twain shall meet
• Call of Duty: Veterans join the 99 percent
• Europe’s humiliation
• A war’s toll, looking back
• SWFL food pantry shelves nearly empty
• CUBA’S OIL PLANS
• Holly Days Schedule Announced -- Lighting of Punta Gorda's Christmas Trees, Lighted Boat Parade
• Visual Arts Centerenter HoedownH at Acorn Ranch
• Visual Arts Centerenter HoedownH at Acorn Ranch
• The wine writer writes about some of his favorites
• The wine writer writes about some of his favorites
• CARE Auxiliary luncheon at Carrabba’s
• CARE Auxiliary luncheon at Carrabba’s
• Diva Days
• Diva Days
• Charlotte Chorale holds auditions Oct. 31
• To keep your balance
• FW WRITERS CHALLENGE
• Charlotte Chorale holds auditions Oct. 31
• To keep your balance
• FW WRITERS CHALLENGE
• ‘Johnny English Reborn’
• CAPSULES
• ‘Johnny English Reborn’
• CAPSULES
• Who funds nonprofits?
• The return of the well-cast, well-acted ‘Woolf’
• HOROSCOPES
• Who funds nonprofits?
• The return of the well-cast, well-acted ‘Woolf’
• HOROSCOPES
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• John Sayles’ new heavy book
• John Sayles’ new heavy book
• Kevin Canty’s prose: Beauty out of chaos
• Kevin Canty’s prose: Beauty out of chaos
• County Big Band
• Pastel Society presents ‘Show of Small Works’
• County Big Band
• Pastel Society presents ‘Show of Small Works’
• The boyfriend bear test
• The boyfriend bear test
• What $250,000 can buy here
• What $250,000 can buy here
• Journalist’s work earns spot in publication
• Journalist’s work earns spot in publication
• TEAM PG focuses on economic development at annual meeting
• Blue Chip Award ceremony features Charlotte finalists
• TEAM PG focuses on economic development at annual meeting
• Blue Chip Award ceremony features Charlotte finalists
• Antarctic ozone hole remains
• Antarctic ozone hole remains
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Bocca Lupa
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Bocca Lupa
• Wright Construction to build Riverfront Detention Basin
• Internet advice and glossy brochures can steer you wrong
• Wright Construction to build Riverfront Detention Basin
• Internet advice and glossy brochures can steer you wrong
• It’s your business … Follow Up!
• It’s your business … Follow Up!
• Local bankers woo the fee-weary
• Local bankers woo the fee-weary
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Fall is in the air
• Fall is in the air
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Why I advocate for lung cancer
• Why I advocate for lung cancer
• Pets of the Week
• Pets of the Week
• Let us in
• This week on WGCU TV
• Let us in
• This week on WGCU TV
• Maestro’s third season to end with final bow
• Maestro’s third season to end with final bow
• THE WRITE STUFF
• THE WRITE STUFF
• Local artist wins national art show
• Local artist wins national art show
• HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
• HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
• For the love of dog: A day in the park
• For the love of dog: A day in the park
• Danke Schoen
• Danke Schoen
• Heed the 99 Percent
• Heed the 99 Percent
• The big boo-hoo
• The big boo-hoo
• Thanks for the memories, John Wayne Gacy
• Thanks for the memories, John Wayne Gacy
• Q&A with Sid Kitson
• Q&A with Sid Kitson
• Babcock— game on
• Babcock— game on
• Trattoria Limoncello Hosts "A Night in Napoli" October 26, November 9 and 23
• Edison State College's Haunted College Friday October 28th at 5: 30 p.m.
• Ghouls and Drools Barkofest -- Halloween for Dogs, Cats, and other Pets Saturday October 29 at Fishville
• Zombie Invasion at Dean's South in Punta Gorda Saturday, October 29 8 a.m. till noon
• Halloween in Punta Gorda's Historic Victorian District Monday October 31 at Twilight
• The Ghosts of Punta Gorda Past To Roam Indian Spring Cemetery this Saturday Night October 29 6-8 p.m.
• WOMEN RISE ABOVE
• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
• Unstable market affects snowbird migration
• Be generous responsibly
• Senior-Palooza to be held Oct. 26
• Restaurateurs: Masters of the full house
• Punta Gorda Port Charlotte North Port Association of Realtors luncheon
• It’s your business…Differentiation
• Park Royal Hospital construction tops off
• CHARLOTTE BREAST CANCER EVENTS
• ‘Free to Breathe’ Nov. 12 event enlightens community about lung cancer
• In this age of indulgence, doing less for children can mean more
• Red tide refresher
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Pets of the Week
• Cheating death
• This week on WGCU TV
• Ghosts seem to follow some antiques
• Charlotte Community Foundation Grants Recognition Program
• Pies & Plates class offers taste of Tuscany
• Energy Options Conference at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• Equestrian group hosts educational event
• ART NEWS
• CAPSULES
• ‘Footloose’
• Forever is a long time
• Feasting on the arts
• HOROSCOPES
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• New! New! New! Never seen before! (Well, at least not here)
• ‘Cooking For Gracie: The Making of a Parent From Scratch’
• Hello, Murse!
• And It Goes Around
• FW WRITERS CHALLENGE
• Seen That Before? Thought so.
• Under the gun
• A new Bush era or push era?
• The businessman canard
• The public radio blues
• Better Business Bureau offers retirement advice
• CRAZY FOR CLAWS
• Aquasol 2011 at the Wyvern Roof October 15 and 16
• Embracing the spirit of the AMERICAN FRONTIER
• Oktoberfest in downtown Punta Gorda
• IN THE KITCHEN WITH…
• Breast Cancer Bike Ride, Bicycle Center
• A Cock-eyed View
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• The Size Myth
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• CAPSULES
• LATEST FILMS
• HOROSCOPES
• Imagine — together
• New Play Contest winner scores with opening-night audience
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Love between sisters
• Local teen to open POPS concert
• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
• Builders undergo career renovation
• Organic farm hosts free workshop
• Receive free energy upgrade
• AARP Charlotte County chapter celebrates 50 years
• September ribbon-cuttings
• Charlotte County Chamber annual banquet
• Dexia’s problems illustrate Europe’s instability
• It’s your business … the hierarchy of human needs
• Looking up?
• Women’s night out helps disadvantaged female workers
• Entrepreneurs SCORE with Edison State College
• Foundation awards grants
• HEALTH BRIEFS
• Steve Jobs lived his dreams, and we can, too
• Pets of the Week
• Puppy Crawl benefits Animal Welfare League
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• CHARLOTTE BREAST CANCER EVENTS
• Isles Yacht Club hosts open house
• Coastal Conservation group to meet Oct. 25
• Redfish and dollars
• The profit of giving is joy
• Renaissance Academy Classes
• Let us give a helping hand and bring compassion back
• The ubiquitous scourge
• High on the hog
• Doctors specialize in the ‘side effects’ of serious illness
• Power Women
• Punta Gorda Chamber End of Hurricane Season Trolley Bar Tour -- November 3
• Diva Days
• Lulu’s executive chef is big on the pig
• Green Expo, Charlotte County Event Center
• Bar Stool Open benefit for Dollars for Mammograms
• Cancer-stricken bodybuilder to make ‘last stand’ at MuscleMania
• ‘Ready Player One’
• RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• CAPSULES
• ‘50/50’
• HOROSCOPES
• Alex, I would like ‘philanthropy’ for $1,000
• Fraulein Maria kicks up her heels
• Asphalt Orchestra: Taking it to the streets
• 1,001 ways to please a husband
• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
• Construction companies flock to Green Futures Expo
• Punta Gorda Chamber Lunch at Village Fish Market
• NET WORKING
• Finance
• Real Estate
• Law
• Service
• Director attends Washington roundtable
• Take Stock in Children program earns grant
• Operation Twist leads to instability among equities
• It’s Your Business … Mom
• Growing wealthy gracefully
• This week on WGCU TV
• Salty Paws’ sixth Barktoberfest planned
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Pets of the Week
• ‘Ostomates’ convene for networking, learning
• Help is available for ostomy patients
• Passionate about politics? Don’t ruin your relationships over it
• CHARLOTTE BREAST CANCER EVENTS
• Nav-A-Gator hosts Relay For Life poker run
• Experiencing fall’s wildlife
• It is certain, fortune tellers attract devout fans
• ‘Peter VS the Wolf’ brings Charlotte performers together
• New, fresh, adventurous
• Exploring the gulf between Punta Gorda populations
• Troy Davis and the machinery of death
• Rick Perry’s border problem
• Idiocy on steroids
• Sellers turn to the Internet to unload gravesites
• Suburban farming
• Flea and Craft Show November 19 at Sacred Heart Parish Hall and Lot
• 16th Annual Pops at Sunset -- Dance the Night Away -- Saturday, October 15
• 4th Annual Ultimate Rib Fest in Punta Gorda October 15
• Haunting on the Harbor this Year at Laishley Park October 28-31
• PAST REPASTS
• IN THE KITCHEN WITH… Chef Susanne Koch
• ‘Heidi’ by the Court Theatre Kids at the PG Woman’s Club
• American Cancer Society Relay For Life Celebrity Bartender Event at Jack’s Restaurant
• Players announce upcoming season
• Auditions for ‘Annie’ scheduled for Oct. 2-3
• CAPSULES
• ‘Moneyball’
• HOROSCOPES
• Multiplying our resources
• Inspired by the possibilities, new CEO in place at The Phil
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• With age come privileges — and liberties
• Local companies make business review’s top 500
• Rio Villa Lakes: a perfect spot for downsizing
• Punta Gorda Chamber After Hours at Creative Window Treatments
• Allegiant named one of Fortune’s 100 fastest-growing companies
• YouTube’r partners with Sarasota Hyatt to offer free travel
• Marketing Arm earns state award
• Leadership Charlotte class announced
• Investing doesn’t have to be a rollercoaster ride
• It’s Your Business … A unique selling proposition
• Embracing social media
• UF study finds modest rise in Florida’s consumer confidence
• Flatwoods Youth Day coming up Oct. 15
• Of gators and crocs
• Pets of the Week
• Moving cats means keeping close tabs
• Dental issues plague our pets
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU TV
• A pretty place to put your leeches
• Fashion exposé smacks SWFL’s art button
• palm maniacs
• The real Ponzi scheme is Wall Street
• The Big Hoss
• The North Olga Middle Ages
• Golf Club execs cut the fat with FGCU Lean Sigma training
• Charlotte breast cancer events
• Breast cancer from a gentleman’s perspective
• Breast cancer awareness month
• Don Gasgarth fundraiser event for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• Cancer scarred Aunt Cleo, but cherished memories remain
• Seasonal jobs return to area
• Chemo gets easier
• Punta Gorda Kiwanis Christmas Card Lane 2011-- Call for Entries
• Fine Arts Festival at the Visual Arts Center
• Trabue celebrates Punta Gorda history, locally sourced ingredients
• Joyce Vein & Aesthetic Institute’s donation to Yah Yah Girls’ Backpacks for Kids program
• VAC Student-Teacher Exhibit & Plein Air Artists
• Punta Gorda mural ribbon-cutting
• Celebratory Wine-Tasting Dinner at Table 209
• No-Thank You Bite
• Loyal is...
• American Dogma
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• CAPSULES
• ‘Drive’
• HOROSCOPES
• It’s later than you think
• A whole lotta dwarfs: Theater 101
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Statistics show North Port market on the upswing
• Recession-proof list puts PG in top 25
• Charlotte County Chamber luncheon at Perkins
• Charlotte County Young Professionals at Moe’s
• PUNTA GORDA CHAMBER AWARDS
• The other national defense: A call for consumer commitment
• It’s your business … Getting past the gatekeeper
• Hello, Cuba
• When singing mice choose a mate
• Pets of the Week
• Life’s lessons
• NASA unveils new space exploration system
• Moving to preserve history one inch at a time
• Can this friendship be saved? Maybe not
• Vallacare team bids fond farewell after 14 years
• TROPICAL NEWS
• Birds=Fish=FUN
• This week on WGCU TV
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Community expansion results in employment fair
• Collegiate teacher honored by business
• Free College Knowledge Session set
• EDISON STATE NEWS
• Antiques that are results of triumphs over tragedies
• Symphony performance of ‘Peter VS the Wolf’ returns to Charlotte
• Talking art with the men in my life
• Sea Grape Gallery honors October resident artists
• All or nothing
• Market conditions are favorable
• The Manchurian president
• Three cheers for death!
• The 1-percent solution
• USPS looks at sweeping changes
• THE REAL STATE OF OUR REAL ESTATE
• Shades of Autumn at Herald Court Tuesday Night October 4
• Peace River Film Fest after-party at Trabue
• Wines by the glass improve through the years
• Peace River Film Fest Pre-Party
• 911 River Walk Tribute
• ARTS BRIEFS
• CAPSULES
• ‘Warrior’
• HOROSCOPES
• Within your reach
• ‘’S Wonderful’ has its moments, but ’s a bit uneven
• The turnip takes over
• Fundraiser finished, Realtor rides on
• Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce August ribbon-cuttings
• Charlotte County Chamber After Hours at McCory Title
• Beckwith featured in Florida Trend magazine
• Smuggler’s Foundation awards grant to VBA free clinic
• Unemployment is our problem, and ours to solve
• It’s Your Business … Shameless!
• Paid to learn
• Bank sponsors video contest for kids
• Bank panel shares info on business loans
• Where the music led us: Duval Street
• Pets of the Week
• Feline friendly
• Bears’ appetites soar in fall, so stash your garbage
• Mystery of the sunken boat
• Senior-Palooza coming up in October
• Paddlepalooza set for Oct. 8
• Local entrepreneurs help ease transition to new homes
• Derby Girls plan to roll over breast cancer
• Critical partner? Trust yourself to honestly give your side
• Alzheimer’s report reveals burgeoning problem for victims, caregivers
• This week on WGCU TV
• Nothing starts the bidding like a good finish
• The Circus Museum gets bigger and better
• ‘Sea You in September’ theme for Punta Gorda Gallery Walk
• Circus Posters Come to Town
• CCSO offers self-defense class for women
• Bureau recommends caution when going for gold
• Edison State to feature award-winning documentary
• Seminole Wars exhibit opens at Blanchard Museum
• Grief share sessions resume
• 2011-13 budget meeting set
• Observatory opens for 2011-12 season
• Drug Free Charlotte County presents parent boot camps
• O death, where is thy sting?
• Contentiousness is our political DNA
• He’s baaaaaack
• Reflections on the real Navy
• Lack of funding halts Stay Alive…Just Drive operations
• TEA PARTY BREWS INFLUENCE
• Peter Vs. the Wolf at CPAC
• Perfect Caper chef helped put Punta Gorda on culinary map
• Charlotte Harbor Parrot Head Club’s 4th Birthday Party
• Celtic Ray Comic Night
• Spa One Benefit for Haiti Orphanage
• Peace River Film Fest announces short films
• TGIM celebrity judges screen shorts
• How I spent my summer vacation: The apocalypse
• CAPSULES
• Summer Movie Recap 2011
• HOROSCOPES
• Building the better fundraiser (and I thought it was a mousetrap)
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Disaster’s common denominator
• Art of the Craft
• Building on
• Solar Cool Grand Opening with Punta Gorda Chamber
• Realtors offer home sales tips
• Punta Gorda Chamber Networking Luncheon at Burnt Store Grille
• It’s your business ... War!
• First Loves
• New park, old prices
• When caregivers burn out:
• Free sunset cruise offered with new library card in September
• Kids Day America comes to Charlotte Sept. 17
• Are you the passenger or participant?
• Pets of the Week
• Out of reach
• YMCA to present genealogical session
• Youth Activity Museum moves forward
• When your adult children need help, don’t rush in
• NASA shuttle tile on display at Edison State
• September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• This week on WGCU TV
• State joins national vigilance campaign
• Remembering 9/11
• Renaissance Academy launches writing program
• War gardens sowed seeds of victory
• CCSO sergeant cyclist pedals toward 9/11 goal
• Making memories set in stone
• Cheney, Rumsfeld and the dark art of propaganda
• The cohabitation revolution
• Sussing out the biggest sin
• With health insurance help over, jobless hit again
• AWESOME WOMEN, AWESOME CARS
• Punta Gorda Sullivan Street Craft Fair Returns this Weekend
• Military Heritage Museum Happenings
• Titanic Dinner at JD’s Bistro
• Chef Robert Moltzan
• Edison College President’s Barbecue
• Pirate Fest weekend at Fishermen’s Village
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Film fest starts a new season of screenings
• ‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark’
• Finding happiness in unexpected places
• “Uncle Perry Revealed”
• HOROSCOPES
• Writing Challenge heads into Round Three
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ‘Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper’
• Standing knee-deep in truth
• SWFL ‘repurpose exhibit’ calls for artists
• Lights camera ...
• BRIEFS
• International Alliance
• Charlotte County Young Professionals Lunch at Whiskey Creek
• Punta Gorda Chamber Networking Event at Closer to the Vine
• Healthy Banks manage risk wisely
• Bar Stool Open seeks players, sponsors
• Banks in crisis
• Europe in the danger zone
• It’s Your Business … Dream giver
• UF-led team awarded $6.5 million for oil spill projects
• 10 tips from TOPS for safe cycling
• Ocean Commotion to entertain seafood lovers of all ages
• Getting high (tides) in the great outdoors
• Treating depression without prescription drugs
• How to help aging parents – and yourself – during taxing transition
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Safety around dogs is a necessary lesson for all school-age children
• Sundials tell time and old tales
• Florida Sports Foundation awards grant for Disabled Sailing world champs
• Charlotte EDO presents SWFL Energy Options Conference
• Green Futures Expo set for Oct. 1
• A lifetime of service to the community
• D.C. Protests that make Big Oil quake
• Survival Manual, September 2011
• The Euro disaster
• Free phones keep those down on their luck connected
• Sweet Freedom
• YMCA 10th Outback Safari Party
• Book passage for JD’s dinner inspired by ‘Titanic’ menu
• Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary fundraiser at Saint Andrews South Golf Club
• CardboadCardbo Paradise performs atop the Wyvern
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Charlotte Players hosts auditions, enrichment classes
• CAPSULES
• ‘Fright Night’
• HOROSCOPES
• The best-kept secret in fundraising
• FW Writing Challenge offers prize
• Briefs
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Aug. 31
• Tuesday, Aug. 30
• Sunday, Aug. 28
• Saturday,S Aug. 27
• Friday, Aug. 26
• Thursday, Aug. 25
• Theater
• Mating habits of an endangered species
• Self-taught Edison pianist earns applause
• ART TO LAST A CENTURY
• New Panel Homes selected for wildlife building project
• From parks to pets
• Spago Grand Opening Celebration
• World-famous researcher joins ICAN board
• Investors and traders can learn from each other
• It’s Your Business … Vote!
• Turning businesses ON
• ‘It wasn’t easy’
• Prepping your boat for hurricanes
• Hair today…
• New online calculator calculates eye disease risk
• Researchers look for new ways to get teens to take their meds
• Grandparents: Don’t overstep when that new baby arrives
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Too sick to be good
• AAUW branch awards scholarships, installs officers
• Stylish steins designed to prevent disease
• 9/11 TRIBUTES
• e-books make publishing easier
• San Francisco Bay Area’s BART pulls a Mubarak
• The war on lemonade
• Regiment of boneheads, pack of pansies
• Hot, wet and waiting: Farmers stay busy in the summer
• Charlotte County Homeless Coalition letter
• Cutting aid
• Local Celebs Serving Lunch to Benefit Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda August 25
• Arts and Humanities Council celebration at Visani
• Summer is perfect time to find some new wines
• Charlotte County Library 50th Anniversry
• U.S.A. Citizenship celebration for Colm Hendrick
• Upcoming film fest highlighted by Flash Mob videos, Florida films and more
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Help’
• A new moment
• HOROSCOPES
• Two’s company, three’s a crowd in quirky ‘Elsewhere’
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Why working at home is romantically compromising
• Kids theater program launches at FGCU Charlotte
• HANDS UP
• Your Home strives to stand out among builders
• Charlotte County Chamber lunch at Applebee’s
• Execs share story of WCI’s survival
• Volatility by the numbers
• Bank receives recognition for fundraising
• Photo
• First Diva Day hits the mall Oct. 15
• It’s Your Business…BHAG
• Taking it slow and easy
• Red Cross Boo Ball set to scare up a good time
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Health care crisis
• Host families needed now for international high school students
• Franz offers significant discount on Lasik
• Charlotte Regional offers vaccination tips for travel
• SilverSneakers Fitness Program offered at Cultural Center
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Cultural Center to host pet expo
• Dealing with pet loss
• Senior-Palooza coming up in October
• Beef’s hosts benefit for local burn victim
• UF study strengthens concerns about long-term use of painkillers
• Be supportive, have patience when your child is bullied in cyber world
• Millennium expands again in Englewood
• Next week on WGCU TV
• Why the weasel goes ‘pop’
• Spotting marine life
• Summer song
• A working partnership that works
• The cowboy candidate
• The American way of life
• Wetland mitigation methods may not protect enough
• 'Rescue Me'
• Pirate's Ball August 26 at Captain's Table in Fishermen's Village
• Punta Gorda Annual Sullivan Street Craft Festival September 10 and 11
• Peace River Film Festival September 9-11
• Jim Morris and Bamboo Band Octoberfish Concert October 8
• Golf Scramble to Benefit Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary
• Oktoberfest in Punta Gorda --First Friday in October -- October 7
• JD’s chef wants Charlotte to be a food destination
• Still Friends performance at the Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
• Much Ado About Shakespeare at Charlotte Players’ Langdon Playhouse
• Washed Away
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Change-Up’
• HOROSCOPES
• Be careful what you wish for
• A world of crime
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Humiliation remembered
• Fishville’s Pirate Fest weekend an ARRR-riginal
• umlautNOIR
• South Gulf Cove: Charlotte’s spacious alternative
• Reunion of Charlotte-Desoto Building Industry Association
• Punta Gorda Chamber Lunch at Santhinos Restaurant
• ID thieves can hide in online job offers
• Volatile times call for smart strategies
• It’s Your Business … E-mail marketing
• Unemployment crackdown
• Sifrit receives second Riley Award
• Water flight combines outdoor passions
• Simple steps can save babies from heatstroke
• Can you let go of anger after the betrayal of a cheating spouse?
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• This week on WGCU TV
• Wedding cups said to ensure matrimonial bliss
• In the face of loss, Herald Court super knows what will be will be
• Reagan the statesman
• Praise the Lord, Brother, and pass the grape jelly
• The Jimson-Harvey fever
• Seven years after Hurricane Charley, nothing is left to luck
• Tough times call for some serious laughs
• Military Heritage Museum Happenings
• PAST REPASTS
• Chat with a winemaker: David Ready Jr., Murphy-Goode Winery
• Fred Lang Foundation Summer Ball for Charlotte Behavioral Health Care
• Auditions set for two fall productions
• Auditions set for Southwest Florida’s Got Talent
• CAPSULES
• ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
• HOROSCOPES
• The leader in you
• Betty White, aliens and New Orleans
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Aug. 10
• Tuesday, Aug. 9
• Monday, Aug. 8
• Sunday, Aug. 7
• Saturday, Aug. 6
• Friday, Aug. 5
• Thursday, Aug. 4
• Theater
• The narratives we write for ourselves
• Postcards in my Mind
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• Wine & Jazz Festival wins major travel award
• Arts for Act
• Lower impact fee helps builders
• Isles Yacht Club Kids Summer Camp
• Gregg’s Automotive Anniversary Party
• Incentives at Venetian Golf
• Arcadia Aerospace, British firm team up
• Deadline nears for Blue Chip awards
• SandStar named Builder of the Year
• Consumer confidence registers modest increase in July
• Charlotte groups attend builders conference
• It’s Your Business…Just do it, now
• Debt deals and a dearth of leadership
• Maximum occupancy
• Nav-A-Gator helping soldiers
• Fit Fest Challenge Saturday
• Head injuries can be prevented
• Online healthy sight calculator now available
• Ladies, do you believe it? Men do as much at home as you
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Instructors needed at Cultural Center
• What’s in a name?
• Craving companionship
• YMCA youth leagues starting
• Snowbird Classic generated nearly $4 million
• Soaring at 14,000 feet
• Breaking code
• Books without borders
• Art as behavioral manifesto
• FWC to remove 16 species from threatened list
• Governor nosedive
• Savor the Summer Flavors
• Bocca Lupo fires up coal oven for primo pizza
• Fawcett Memorial event at the Charlotte Stone Crabs
• Anthony Hargrove Birthday Celebration at the Cultural Center
• Wilson Realty Hosts Scholarship Drive Yard Sale
• Gallery Walk Punta Gorda
• CAPSULES
• ‘Friends With Benefits’
• HOROSCOPES
• Things they don’t teach you in Fundraising 101
• ‘Annie’ finds her way back to Broadway Palm
• Ongoing events
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• Wednesday, August 3
• Tuesday, August 2
• Monday, August 1
• Sunday,S July 31
• Saturday, July 30
• Thursday, July 28
• Friday, July 29
• Theater
• Players present two midsummer nights of Shakespeare
• Birthday Party Blues
• Beach jogging boyfriend, where have you gone?
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• Chilling Out
• Realtors and the art of the blog
• Grand Opening celebration at Opus restaurant
• Chamber Ribbon-Cuttings
• Charlotte County Young Professionals Lunch at Phil’s 41 Restuarant
• North Port Area Chamber Business-to-Business Expo
• Nonprofits
• Real Estate
• Law
• Imaginarium celebrates its sweet 16
• Prepare for meetings with your investment adviser
• It’s your business … Trial and error
• Growing, growing
• Haitian orphans in urgent need of help
• ‘Friendly fire’ may be at the root of Parkinson-like diseases
• When care of elderly parent falls to one sibling, it’s time to talk
• Fly fishing in the great Rockies
• SWFL Blue Star Mothers work to raise funds
• Summer Ball rounds Charlotte’s season
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• This week on WGCU TV
• Fairytales inspire great collections
• The jazzman can take your blues away
• Rupert Murdoch doesn’t eat humble pie
• Against the balanced-budget amendment
• No, no, no love
• Mosquito fighters battle bugs amid regulations
• Love the House You're With
• You’re either here or you’re lost
• Biennial Vinexpo provides a taste of what’s new in wine and spirits
• Bid to Beat Leukemia benefit for Debi Forst at Harpoon Harry’s
• Portrait show opening at the Visual Artsrts Center - a tribute to Frank Miles
• Voices for Kids fundraiser at Jack’s
• CAPSULES
• ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’
• HOROSCOPES
• Seeing the whole picture
• Making ‘Molly’ out of unemployment
• Ongoing events
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• Wednesday, July 27
• Tuesday, July 26
• Monday, July 25
• Sunday, July 24
• Saturday, July 23
• Friday, July 22
• Thursday, July 21
• Theater
• Florida Weekly seeks submissions
• FW WRITING CHALLENGE
• Gallery Walk goes to the beach
• Summer camp for adults
• An artist among us: Barbara Gavel, Cape Haze
• Offbeat thank- you notes keep author true to herself
• Local FBA members attend building conference
• Venetian offers cruise with signing
• Update: Cyclists choose the roads less-traveled to fight cancer
• Charlotte County Young Professionals at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
• Real Estate
• Nonprofits
• Finance
• Faith
• Education
• It’s your business ... It’s my business
• Five, alive
• Punta Gorda YMCA offers program for SilverSneakers
• RidePlus service set to hlep seniors with mobility issues
• A day at the beach: New assisted living facility offers resort lifestyle
• Upbringing can determine how your partner reacts to harsh arguments
• Exploring YMCA’s Outback Safari
• Social scene: Summer Ball rounds Charlotte’s season
• Paddling along the gulf
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Wild things
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Lise Lindsay: Living life at full Creative Circle
• Soldier suicides and the politics of presidential condolences
• The not-so-grand bargain
• Ceremony of the ridiculous
• Joint partnership bridges gap for Charlotte County’s uninsured
• LOSING IT!
• Bianca’s dishes out bountiful Italian fare
• Charlotte Harbor Challenge fishing tournament
• Christmas in July at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Portrait artists present striking work at VAC
• CAPSULES
• ‘Horrible Bosses’
• HOROSCOPES
• 2011: it’s half over
• Declaring them all winners
• Upcoming events
• Ongoing events
• Wednesday, July 20
• Tuesday, July 19
• Sunday, July 17
• Saturday, July 16
• Friday, July 15
• Kids explore the arts at VAC summer camp
• Tuesday, July 14
• Theater
• VAC presents ‘Summer Sizzler’ exhibit
• Couples massage: Here’s the rub
• The summer is for stories
• THE YELLOWBOOK
• Local women present tips for selling success
• Looking up:
• Punta Gorda Chamber lunch at Jack’s Restuarant
• U.S. economy between a rock and a hard place
• Nine graduate Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project
• Big box bids for boat biz
• Fawcett announces Heart Health Day with Stone Crabs
• CRMC earns national award for knee/hip joint replacement
• Red wine’s resveratrol could make aging more tolerable
• Divorcing? Take the high road, for your children and yourself
• Summer paddling: Fun amid the mangroves
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Pet-centric store relocates
• Don’t give up on giving your pet medication
• Newest section of Harborwalk opened
• This week on WGCU TV
• Treasury reports direct deposit on upswing in hurricane-prone states
• Charlotte sergeant selected for brotherhood bike ride
• When faux is better than the real thing
• Where is the ‘real Florida?’
• Yes, we can enforce
• Living in the gutter
• Fortunate son
• Residents resist proposal to add campsites to Florida state parks
• New Urbanism
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• Wines of Argentina gaining ground in U.S. market
• Fireworks at Laishley Park
• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Fireworks concert
• CAPSULES
• ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’
• GIVING
• Exhilarating ‘42nd Street’ taps its way into your heart
• HOROSCOPES
• WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
• Separate living quarters make for happy mates
• Southwest Florida Symphony members mark 20 years of chamber music
• Films about art
• Spago moves into largest office space at Sunloft Center
• Maxim fills commercial units
• Beaumont business spaces fill fast
• Beat the heat: Head north to Alaska
• Ribbon-cuttings
• Business Card Exchange at Encore Bank
• Real Estate
• Diversification versus investment betting
• It’s Your Business … Daddy’s Lap
• Discoveries made by going slow
• Peace River offers summer safety advice
• Throwing a pity party? Count your blessings and pipe down
• Historical society working toward youth museum goal
• Cultural Center to stage Back-To-School Carnival
• UF to offer master naturalist program
• Coconut contest under way
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Back to basics for dog who messes home
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU TV
• Antique slot machines attractive to collectors
• Charlotte County woman to Tweet final launch
• Continuing the cycle of the good gifts of life
• Food terrorism in the Magic Kingdom
• The last president of the 20th century?
• Shades of gray
• How to avoid an investment scam
• Florida Weekly sweeps state newspaper awards
• TAKEOFF
• Say hello to Port Charlotte baker’s cupcakes
• Dr. Lori’s Antiques Appraisals at the Visual Arts Center
• Bridal Event at Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
• Michael Jackson party at One Eleven
• CAPSULES
• ‘Cars 2’
• HOROSCOPES
• It’s official: 2010 is finally over
• And the offbeat awards for 2010-2011 go to…
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, July 6
• Tuesday, July 5
• Monday, July 4
• Sunday, July 3
• Saturday, July 2
• Friday, July 1
• Thursday, June 30
• Theater
• ‘The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars’
• What is it about a man in uniform?
• This year’s Symphonic Fireworks leaves plenty of time for red, white and boom
• Reading a book by its cover
• WCI develops 1,000-acre master community in Venice
• Grand-Opening of the Advanced Orthopedic Center
• Celebrity Servers fundraiser for Honor Flight at John Hall’s Goal Post
• Charlotte ranks high with investors
• Farr 15th in fund
• Charlotte EDO joins tech forum
• Your partner’s attitudes shape future generations
• It’s your business … FoF and FoP
• Digital beauty
• Dozens of charities benefit from 2011 air show
• Summer Ball rolls out July 30
• Shoes for Kids project reaches mid-point
• Peace River Regional Auxiliary awards $12,000 to higher education
• If you do stupid things on the Internet, prepare to be exposed
• Celebrating rainy season
• Police Athletic League students awarded CCSO scholarships
• Ultimate Frisbee Tournament seeks sponsors
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• This week on WGCU TV
• Red Cross to offer pet first aid class
• Breathless
• Brownies bring in the green
• PG police watchful for ‘distraction burglaries’
• Herald Court Centre enhances Charlotte’s artistic profile
• Japan’s meltdowns demand new no-nukes thinking
• The rise of uncompassionate conservatism
• The fine art of screwing up
• Index shows recovery is for the affluent
• Looking Up
• PAST REPASTS
• Say ‘si’ to Spanish wines for quality and affordability
• Wall Of Warriors Honoree Banquet at the Cultural Center
• Octagon fire fundraiser at Creative Circle Pottery
• Flash Mob at Downtown Farmers Market
• Celebrity Servers fundraiser for Honor Flight at John Hall’s Goal Post
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• CAPSULES
• ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’
• HOROSCOPES
• Charlotte County nonprofits lose tax-exempt status
• Two rants and a rave
• Upcoming events
• Ongoing events
• Wednesday, June 22
• Tuesday, June 28
• Monday, June 27
• Sunday, June 26
• Saturday, June 25
• Friday, June 24
• Thursday, June 23
• Theater
• A Weiner bouquet
• Sarasota Orchestra announces 2011-2012 season
• Hidden talents discovered in ‘42nd Street’ ensemble
• Sage Homes embodies the wisdom of energy-efficient living
• Leadership Charlotte Government Day luncheon sponsored by Luigis, Port Charlotte
• Unemployment dips statewide — local numbers mixed
• Retirement issues, strategies and accounts
• It’s Your Business … Just business
• WHEN MONEY TALKS
• Mission Unity expands with outpatient detox program
• Peace River offers analytical testing for women at risk of breast, ovarian cancers
• Pulsed UV light can reduce allergic potential of peanuts
• Dear graduates: Life is not fair, and it’s OK to flip burgers
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Mosaic grant supports advancement of Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• PGI civic association to install emergency backup generator
• Experiencing St. Elmo’s fire
• This week on WGCU TV
• Center for marine studies founded by passionate Punta Gorda couple
• The failed war on drugs
• Our founders, the realists
• The cost of our favorite fruit
• Summer music camps enlighten amid education cuts
• One life’s final notes
• Final Decision
• Casino Night to Support Punta Gorda Train Depot July 8
• A Night in Napoli Returns to Limoncello's Restaurant Wednesday Night, June 22
• Symphonic Fireworks 2011
• Wyvern’s Lulu refines culinary concept
• Business & Professional Women’s scholarship event at Isles Yacht Club
• Arts & Humanities Charlie Awards at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Boys and Girls Club fundraiser at Jack’s Restaurant
• Historical Society fundraiser for future youth museum
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• CAPSULES
• ‘Super 8’
• HOROSCOPES
• Myth vs. reality — Even in philanthropy
• ‘Smoke on the Mountain,’ song in the heart
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, June 22
• Tuesday, June 21
• Monday, June 20
• Sunday, June 19
• Saturday, June 18
• Friday, June 17
• Thursday, June 16
• Theater
• Stats show violent crime down in Punta Gorda
• June 16 Gallery Walk goes ‘Loco for Locals’
• A lesson in baggage limits
• Renowned hypnotist delivers more than just laughs
• Marilyn: forever blonde
• Upgraded site geared toward member services
• Online upgrades
• Ribbon-cuttings
• Board of Realtors Card Exchange
• Legal
• Education
• More problems with Credit Default Swaps
• It’s Your Business … Marketing, advertising and sales
• Uphill battle
• PRRMC presents eight shocking facts about skin cancer
• When bad things happen, stop, breathe and think before acting
• This week on WGCU TV
• Kickoff planned for Shoes for Kids Project
• BBB urges parents to protect kids’ IDs
• 2012 Fiat 500: Italian style and 57 mpg on the highway
• 2011 Chevy Cruze Eco: 42 mpg on the highway
• Storm-prepping your boat
• Bead shop a dream come true for crafty ladies
• The case for geese, and other correspondents
• Leave a legacy for SW Florida
• Misplaced bailout pride
• Emergency bands show residents storm surge risk
• Stories that lie beneath
• What's It Worth with Dr. Lori at the Visual Arts Center June 25
• National Marina Day at Fishermen's Village in Punta Gorda Saturday June 11
• Cool picks for the long, hot summer
• Nav-A-Gator Peace River Cleanup
• Wildlife Expo at Fishermen’s Village
• Punta Gorda Chamber ‘Out of Africa’ fundraiser for Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary
• Hurricane Expo at Port CharlotteTown Center Mall
• CAPSULES
• ‘X-Men: First Class’
• HOROSCOPES
• A look at a beautiful and brilliant tomorrow
• Theatre Conspiracy’s mess of vicars not quite wickedly funny
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, June 15
• Tuesday, June 14
• Monday, June 13
• Sunday, June 12
• Saturday, June 11
• Friday, June 10
• Thursday, June 9
• Theater
• The good, the bad and the cleanup
• First Peace River Film Festival to debut in September
• Hanging up the tool belt
• ‘FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY 2011’
• Ride of a lifetime
• American Business Women’s Association Golf Tournament at St. Andrews
• Tri-County Chamber Networking at Plantation Golf & Country Club
• RSW earns industry award
• ABWA to present 16 scholarships at dinner event
• It’s Your Business … Be a lion tamer
• A chat with Ross Johnson
• Construction continues on cardiac expansion at Peace River Regional
• Bad housekeeping wrecking your marriage? You can clear the air
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Free ‘Pandamania’ Vacation Bible School coming up
• Charlotte County Homeless Coalition seeks food donations
• Octagon suffers operational losses in structure fire
• Home Instead offers hurricane checklist for seniors
• Florida consumer confidence is level for first time in months
• This week on WGCU TV
• Spice boxes and zest to collections
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• How to prevent and handle a lost-child situation
• Diana Harris has a hankering for history
• Hope and resistance in Honduras
• The party that forgot about jobs
• New liberals for Gov. Rick Scott
• Some hurt by Madoff look to local case to solve puzzle
• free (on bond)
• Ocean Sunflower Luncheon at Visani’s
• Culinary profile continues to redefine and refine itself
• Phil’s 41 anniversary and birthday celebration
• Memorial Day ceremony at Military Heritage Museum, Fishermen’s Village
• 50th anniversary celebration, Flotilla 98, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
• Max & Ruby Bunny Party at the Charlotte County Convention Center
• HOROSCOPES
• ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’
• Third time is a charm
• Bake way for the ‘Cake Boss’
• Upcoming Events
• Wednesday, June 8
• Tuesday, June 7
• Monday, June 6
• Sunday, June 5
• Saturday, June 4
• Friday, June 3
• Thursday, June 2
• Symphony
• A delightful inventory of the Gulf Coast’s natural delights
• Burnt Store Presbyterian Church announces music camp
• Theater
• Art Walk to fill Fort Myers streets
• Who does the chasing in today’s world?
• ‘The Book of Mormon’ is expected to run away with this year’s Tony Awards
• Wind inspections can reveal home deficiencies
• Ribbon Cutting at 20-10 Optical
• Phil Robison Murphy Bed store ribbon-cutting ceremony
• Banking
• YAH YAH GIRLS DONATION
• It’s Your Business … Service with a smile
• Race to the Moon
• Volunteers needed for county positions
• Minor League Baseball, KRAFT Singles team up to provide free baseball tickets
• Food poisoning: A look at risky pairings
• We can learn from the dignity displayed by Maria Shriver
• Brettholtz named to Jewish Federation board
• Agency recognizes elder abuse awareness day
• ‘Pandamania’ Vacation Bible School nears
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Goodwill raises $8,000 with first golf tournament
• Preventing problems
• This week on WGCU TV
• Charlotte State Bank branches to accept donations for animals
• Golf event raises scholarship money
• Key West and Florida history
• Trolleys tell tale of long-lost decanting tradition
• Anything but make-believe: Local couple finds love in the theater
• Vermont, the land of healthy firsts
• The joys of being a citizen litter picker
• ‘Well, slap me on the back and call me...’
• Author studies German slain for targeting Hitler
• getting the cut
• Memorial Day Ceremony
• Memorial Day Ceremony at at Fishermen's Village In Punta Gorda
• Sock Hop at the Punta Gorda Women's Club with Doo Wop Crew
• Punta Gorda Garden Club
• PAST REPASTS
• Phil Wilson Tribute at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Charity Poker Run
• Symphony Fundraiser at the home of Brian and Mary Presley
• Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park
• CAPSULES
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• HOROSCOPES
• Young tigers till the day we die
• Ongoing Events
• Upcoming Events
• Tuesday, May 31
• Monday, May 30
• Sunday, May 29
• Saturday, May 28
• Friday, May 27
• Wednesday, June 1
• Thursday, May 26
• Symphony
• Theater
• ARTS BRIEFS
• ARTISTS AMONG US
• What it takes to get a date
• Arts take center stage at Charlotte summer camps
• OUT IN AMERICA
• Million-dollar RE pros honored by association
• Charlotte County Chamber Networking Lunch at Laishley Crab House
• Chamber’s ‘Out of Africa’ event travels from ice house to safari
• BPW passes the gavel, elects new officers
• Exploring high yielding mortgage REITS
• Florida Weekly wins 23 state awards for writing, design
• Now What?
• Peace River Regional Medical Center introduces ER texting capability
• At times your little darlings will mess up and it’s not your fault
• HEALTH BRIEFS
• UF/Charlotte extension offers master naturalist program
• Edison honor society donates 986 pounds in books
• Pool cautions
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• County self-sufficiency program aims to help low-income families
• Meeting Marilyn Monroe in Korea
• This week on WGCU TV
• Seven-mile bridge to Key West
• FGCU Naples offers summer foreign films
• Commissioner Skidmore to teach local government program at Edison State
• Northern and Southern traditions merge into Memorial Day
• Enhancing and entertaining your brain
• Electronic brownshirts trumped again
• The persecution of Boeing
• The things I haven’t done
• Back in charge: James Billie wins Seminole Tribe chairmanship
• NEW TOOLS NEW BUILDINGS
• Art in the Park at the History Park May 26
• Opus opens door to superb food, elegant atmosphere
• Racing to End Hunger for Charlotte Homeless Coalition at Punta Gorda Speedway
• Charlotte County Homeless Coalition Derby Party at Joe Cracker
• Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge, Laishley Park
• HOROSCOPES
• Upcoming Events
• Wednesday, May 25
• Tuesday, May 24
• Monday, May 23
• Sunday, May 22
• Saturday, May 21
• Friday, May 20
• Thursday, May 19
• Symphony
• Theater
• A healthy pipeline — and it’s not about oil
• Every woman’s dream
• Theatrical bunny tour hops into Charlotte one night only
• BEYOND BLING
• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
• The road less traveled
• Leo Wotitzky scholarship recipients announced
• North Port Entrepreneurial Acadamy graduation at Heron Creek Country Club
• Retail
• Real Estate
• Education
• Communications
• The Arts
• It’s Your Business…git ‘er done!
• FLORIDA BUMPS UP THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $7.31
• Gallery Walk blossoms in the streets of Punta Gorda May 19
• HEALTH BRIEFS
• Say ‘yes’ to cleaner, healthier air
• Breach with your partner? Repair begins with one talk
• Endeavor seeks to unlock dark secrets of the universe
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Public participates in tarpon research
• Kindest cut of all
• 17th Peace River Cleanup event set for June 4-5
• Key Largo to Marathon
• GET MOVING
• Cop Shop for Kids offers canine-inspired clothing and more
• A private audience with Pope John Paul
• Artists flourish by switching media
• CSO seeks veterans to sing at Symphonic Fireworks concert
• This week on WGCU TV
• Old World artist flourishes in Florida
• Tony Kushner and the angels of dissent
• Slip-sliding away
• Pooping in the sunshine: The stinky story of the septic lobby’s plan
• Outlaws’ Reunion
• 2011 Staycations
• Guy Harvey Shark Tournament and Festival n Punta Gorda This Weekend
• Punta Gorda Chamber Margarita Tolley Tour
• Mental Health Awareness Walk, Gilchrist Park
• VAC Art Opening Reception
• Healthy Kids Run, Charlotte Sports Park
• CAPSULES
• ‘Thor’
• HOROSCOPES
• Like soft rain falling in the night…
• Florida Rep stage heats up with season finale
• Upcoming Events
• Wednesday, May 18
• Tuesday, May 17
• Sunday, May 15
• Saturday, May 14
• Friday, May 13
• Thursday, May 12
• Symphony
• No surprise that new ‘Lincoln’ new thriller surprises and satisfies
• Theater
• Sea Grape Gallery features Daida and Benande as its May artists
• Van Wezel Hall unveils upcoming Bravo! Series
• Phantoms of the Orchestra gears up for new season
• The fifth wheel
• The Crystal-Clear Talent of Crystal Bowersox
• Darius Rucker: From Hootie to Howdy
• Broadening the Boundaries of Country
• Elite kayak line introduced in Punta Gorda
• Caputo wins SCORE Business of the Year award
• SBA loan workshop set for May 13
• Foreclosure prevention workshop set for May 17
• Building a community
• Keller Williams ribbon cutting
• Examining the commodities correction
• It’s Your Business….Entrepreneur or ‘jobbie?’
• Measuring wellness
• Fort Lauderdale to Key Largo
• Local practice participates in eye-opening clinical trial
• You don’t have to stay in that bad relationship with your mother
• Just cut the line
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Local CAP squadron scores high honors
• Take wing
• Nav-A-Gator plans summer camp
• ECHS to host spring art exhibition
• Edison graduates nurses
• FGCU Great Decisions series offers global insight
• This week on WGCU TV
• Museum offers slice of Navy SEALs’ history
• Education most precious: local writer looks back
• Accomplish the mission: Bring the troops home
• A victory for America
• The color of friendship
• Barrier island gets a checkup from Dr. Beach
• being southern
• Sweet Temptations in store at Amish bakery in Charlotte Harbor
• Young Professionals Cardboard Boat Races at Laishley Park
• Expressions From Beautiful Minds, Arts and Humanities Council
• Think Pink on the Pier, Fishermen’s Village
• M*A*SH Bash, Punta Gorda Airport Hanger
• CAPSULES
• Fast Five
• HOROSCOPES
• So you want to be a fundraiser: Part 2
• Spread the word: ‘Rumors’ isn’t the Neil Simon you expect
• OngoingO Events
• Upcoming Events
• Tuesday,T May 10
• Monday,M May 9
• Sunday, May 8
• Saturday, May 7
• Friday, May 6
• Wednesday,W May 11
• Thursday, May 5
• Symphony
• Theater
• The dating twinkle
• ARTS BRIEFS
• Charlotte Players presents classic Neil Simon
• MICHE BRADEN BRINGS BLUESWOMAN BESSIE SMITH TO LIFE
• Real Estate
• Hospitality
• Education
• SWFL trust company announces dividend
• Bicycle Center earns Trek accolades
• 20/10 Optical open for business
• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
• Keller Williams celebrates national RED day
• Business After Hours at Galleria Antiques and Collectibles
• Networking Luncheon at Phil’s 41 Restuarant
• Managing risk
• It’s your business … Hang in there
• SWFL Hit hard
• Rhue Hope LaMont appointed chief nursing officer
• Charlotte Regional welcomes new physician
• Teaching kids to swim: a primer
• Procrastinator? Don’t put off reading this — it will help
• The memories of one particular harbor
• This week on WGCU TV
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Old dog, new cat
• Porcelain was once valued like gold
• Creative quilter solves crimes one piece at a time
• New Laws For The United States?
• Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence declared unconstitutional
• This savage kind of departure
• What is a good cop?
• What the Japanese disaster means in Southwest Florida
• THE BEST
• Juried Photo Show at the Visual Arts Center Punta Gorda opens to the public May 9
• Wine time at D’Vines
• As palates evolve, so, too, must restaurant wine lists
• Look south for exciting wines at reasonable prices
• Opus Restaurant Opening
• Charlotte County Earth Day Celebration
• Dragon Boat Races at Laishley Park
• Dinner with the Dogs at Isles Yacht Club
• Bourbon Blues at Rascal’s Looney Bin
• Summer Movie Preview 2011
• Strong performances aren’t enough to make this ‘Rent’
• HOROSCOPES
• Giving: ‘a feeling beyond words’
• Ongoing Events
• Upcoming Events
• Wednesday, May 4
• Tuesday, May 3
• Monday, May 2
• Sunday, May 1
• Saturday, April 30
• Friday, April 29
• CHIEF BILLIE’S QUIET COMEBACK
• Thursday, April 28
• Theater
• Sweeping, snapping, toe-tapping ‘STOMP’ returns
• Buffett band duo play benefit at South Seas
• Smile like you mean it
• Introducing artists among us
• Taylor-made music
• ARTS ON THE MOVE
• Listing agents shift at Herald Court
• Two new tenants ready to roll at Herald Court Centre
• Charlotte County Chamber After Hours at the Visual Arts Center
• The U.S. Tax Code: one big mess
• Tourism
• Real Estate
• Medical
• The U.S. Tax Code: one big mess
• Construction
• Banking & Finance
• It’s your business … IN or ON, part 2
• Opening the Caribbean
• Pirates among us: a personal adventure
• Sometimes it just made sense to have a horse in the house
• The dangers of genetically modified foods
• Halting the obesity-hunger connection
• Adult children pay the price
• Local eye health organization participates in macular degeneration clinical trial
• $1,000 scholarship awarded to local student
• NASCAR star serves as spokesman for ER Extra
• Drivers, passengers needed for program
• Florida Eye Health offers free cataract evaluations for 55+
• Medical center starts Senior Extra program
• Arbor Day Expo has demonstrations, vendors
• PG chamber to host Margarita Trolley Tour
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Fitness club launches Fit Momma Contest
• Law enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run largest ever
• Scratching is normal and natural, and can be redirected
• This week on WGCU TV
• Local students claim top honors in Model U.N. National Academic Team competition
• Merry-go-round figures find their place as folk art
• The Value of One Donor
• Power shift vs. the powers that be
• The Trump moment
• A test of your soul
• Professor’s book defends the value of a good schmooze
• Bach Lunch at Women's Club April 29 1 p.m.
• Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park May 20-21
• Great Decisions Program Offered at Renaissance Academy at Herald Court
• Great Decisions Program Offered at Renaissance Academy at Herald Court
• World Tai Chi Day Saturday April 23 Gilchrist Park
• La Fontana’s authentic Italian fare worth tracking down
• Elan Sassoon launches haircare product line at Bisous in Punta Gorda
• Punta Gorda Block Party
• Student Art Show, Visual Art Center
• Worden Farm Spring Harvest Celebration at River City Grill
• ‘The Conspirator’
• HOROSCOPES
• So you want to be a fundraiser
• Gulfshore Playhouse revels in the spirit of Noel Coward
• Upcoming Events
• Monday, April 25
• Sunday, April 24
• Saturday, April 23
• Friday, April 22
• Thursday, April 21
• Theater
• Deciphering woman-speak
• Exotic Life Fest flies into Charlotte
• Van Wezel on Broadway
• TEAM thanks volunteers at event
• Leadership Charlotte class of 2011 explores the media
• Keller Williams prepares for grand opening
• Four Points by Sheraton Punta Gorda Harborside earns Hotel of the Year award
• Home Instead
• REMAX Anchor Realty’s Night of the Stars award ceremony at Kingsway Country Club
• Closer To the Vine ribbon-cutting
• Charlotte Chamber Networking lunch at Luigi’s
• Fear of a wilting dollar warranted
• It’s Your Business… IN or ON
• Relaxation 101
• Charlotte Regional Medical Center has county exclusive on da Vinci Surgical System
• Are you a victim? Balance respect between yourself and others
• Millennium Physician Group and Family Home Health partner to help Haiti orphans
• A sense of sand
• CAP honors the memory of ‘Mr. Volunteer’
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Boating tips for life on the water
• Edison State celebrates education at scholarship luncheon
• May is Mental Health Awareness Month
• March for Babies kicks off April 30 in SWFL
• No fly over Libya?
• This week on WGCU TV
• Parents cannot assume a legal say once child turns 18
• U.S.-backed bloodshed stains Bahrain’s Arab Spring
• Coming apart at the seams
• Hey, hey, hippie-yi-yey, it’s Earth Day
• Medical team members invite public to visit Haiti
• From Miami to Jennings and all points in between
• Redfish Festival Coming to Laishley Marina Punta Gorda Weekend of April 29-May 1
• Cardboard Boat Races April 30 at Laishley Marina Punta Gorda
• M*A*S*H Bash April 29 at Punta Gorda Airport
• Punta Gorda Relay For Life at Charlotte High School
• FunkFest — Here Come the Mummies
• Rotary Testimonial Dinner Honoring Rufus Lazzell at the Isles Yacht Club
• British Amercian Club’s Pre-Royal Wedding Celebration at the PG Woman’s Club
• CAPSULES
• ‘Hanna’
• HOROSCOPES
• Extending our reach
• Connick Jr. at the top of his craft
• Monday, April 18
• Sunday, April 17
• Saturday, April 16
• ‘King O’ the Moon’ deftly performed
• Upcoming Events
• Wednesday, April 20
• Tuesday, April 19
• Friday, April 15
• Thursday, April 14
• Symphony
• Theater
• Punta Gorda Block Party celebrates 25th anniversary
• Working on my jaay fondé
• Painting America
• Developer has diverse residential projects under way
• Rio Villa Lakes
• Women’s Networking at the Freeman House
• Bar Stool Open
• Bubbles versus bull markets
• It’s Your Business — dealing with the baggage
• He's Huuuuuge
• Credits offered Fawcett staffers during daylong program
• Lookin’ good
• Fawcett to offer free cancer screenings
• Your kids need self-esteem, but prepare them for failure, too
• Exploring your comfort zones
• PALM hosts artful evening for therapy program
• Symphony directors receive fond farewell
• For local long-distance biker, it’s all about the ride… and then some
• Ripken Baseball carries the torch for fans
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• On the move
• Remembering Alfred Hitchcock
• The Value of one mom
• Edison professor publishes pair of books on Charlotte
• This week on WGCU TV
• Elixirs’ pretty promotions continue to move product
• Law enforcement trains to distinguish autism from aggression
• One Guantanamo trial that will be held in New York
• Leave our bulbs alone
• Have they no b---ns?
• Passover delivers message of freedom to all
• Double Whammy
• Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge Tournament and Festival in Punta Gorda May 13-15
• Pies & Plates classes offer Easter inspiration
• Veterans Appreciation at Lexington Manor
• Port Charlotte Relay For Life
• Country Fest at the Charlotte County Fairgrounds
• Royal Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadores’ Anniversary Ball, Cultural Center
• Writing talents recognized
• Transitions
• Sarasota Film Festival satisfies cinephiles
• CAPSULES
• ‘Source Code’
• HOROSCOPES
• And the survey says —
• ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ indeed: too proper, too staid
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, April 13
• Tuesday, April 12
• Monday, April 11
• Sunday, April 10
• Saturday, April 9
• Friday, April 8
• Thursday, April 7
• This week’s symphony
• Here Come the Mummies return for open air concert
• This week’s theater
• Yowling days of spring
• Charlotte Symphony unveils world premiere as tribute to Japan
• RENT
• PUTTING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER
• BPW offers scholarships to adult learners
• Edison State College introduces Center for Workforce and Innovation
• Higher Ground event raises money for Woman’s Club
• Punta Gorda Chamber Networking Lunch at Ice House
• Peace River Medican Center Cardiac expansion groundbreaking
• Encore Bank Reception
• It’s Your Business — Making customer service outstanding
• Just stopped off at your condo and everything is...
• Lung cancer group meets
• Blood drives under way in Charlotte
• Second atrial fibrillation symposium April 9
• Charlotte County Health Department offers free STD testing
• Be patient and prepared for the worst when mending relationship
• Three from Charlotte advance skills in Civil Air Patrol
• Sterling resident realizes biker dream
• Exploring the outdoors: it’s a pain in the grass
• April is water conservation month
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• PGPD recognizes year’s top performers
• When you are just too tired
• Animal refuge invites visitors to experience a wild time
• Military Heritage Museum seeks nominations
• County issues request for volunteers
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Free speech ruling was wrong
• This week on WGCU TV
• Nutrition plays essential role for children with autism
• Of governors and goats
• The triumph of the green eyeshade
• Way down in the delta blues
• Punta Gorda to host Guy Harvey shark tournament
• IS CHARLOTTE GETTING A WATER PARK?
• Dragon Boat Race April 23 at Laishley Park Marina
• Here Comes the Mummies Return to Punta Gorda for Funk Fest II Friday, April 8
• Art in Laishley Park today and Thursday
• 12-Stop Trolley Party on Cinco de Mayo May 5
• Steve Fest at History Park April 9
• Taste of Punta Gorda -- April 9 at Laishley Park
• "Wild Hog Wild" Republican Club Annual BBQ Sunday, April 10
• Diamond's Jewel of Charlotte Harbor Cheer and Dance Competition, Saturday, April 2
• Team Punta Gorda Annual Golf Tournament April 2
• Final City-Wide Garage Sale of the Season Saturday, April 2
• PAST REPASTS
• In spring, a wine lover’s fancy turns to – what else? – wine
• Florida International Air show
• Community Dog Show at Bayshore Park
• Friends of the Punta Gorda Library Luncheon Show
• Florida Frontier Days Festival at Bayshore Park
• Ray Baseball Dinner & Auction, Charlotte Convention Center
• Punta Gorda Pre-Air Show
• CAPSULES
• ‘Sucker Punch’
• HOROSCOPES
• The legacy of giving
• A powerful performance about betrayal and revenge
• Poetry contest
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, April 6
• Tuesday, April 5
• Monday, April 4
• Sunday, April 3
• Saturday, April 2
• Friday, April 1
• Thursday, March 31
• This week’s symphony
• This week’s theater
• King’s top tribute artist performs ‘one night’ in SWFL
• Mastering the art of wen rou
• Sarasota festival features 10 days of films
• A peek behind the curtain
• Timeshare owners find value in networking
• Calusa Creek: Hidden treasure takes a leisurely track
• Hair apparent: Sassoon to visit Bisous in Punta Gorda
• Charlotte Regional Medical Center Outpatient Testing Center ribbon-cutting
• Charlotte County Chamber Business Card Exchange at Florida’s Blood Centers
• Real Estate
• Finance
• Automotive
• Gold might be ‘the currency of first resort’
• It’s Your Business — Boomers becoming entrepreneurs
• Losing Robb & Stucky
• Keep eyes open for signs of autism
• NEWS FROM CHARLOTTE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• Openly confront pressures, fears of siblings of a disabled child
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• WikiLeaks and the Panama Canal
• It must be something in the water…
• ‘Dig’ brightens teen’s day at hospice
• The value of one meal
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU TV
• Gnome revival in full swing
• Speech therapy plays vital role in improving communication for children with autism
• Aristide’s return to Haiti: A long night’s journey into day
• The death of an illusion
• Highway to hell
• Hospice care enhances quality of life
• The gasoline price FIGHT
• St. Vincent de Paul Rummage Sale Saturday, April 2
• Panchito Visit
• "Taste of Punta Gorda" April 9 Laishley Park
• Village Fish Market a prime spot for seafood with a sunset view
• EcoFest at Warm Mineral Springs
• Peace River National Art Festival at Laishley Park
• Pedal and Play at Laishley Park
• Kayak and Wildlife Festival at Port Charlotte Beach
• CAPSULES
• ‘Limitless’
• HOROSCOPES
• What they did not teach you in Fundraising 101
• ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, March 30
• Tuesday, March 29
• Monday, March 28
• Sunday, March 27
• Saturday, March 26
• Friday, March 25
• This week’s theater
• Actor/professor portrays Twain at event center
• Thursday, March 24
• This week’s symphony
• The accidental escort
• Play looks at beginnings, endings and new beginnings
• FMff latest entry in growing film fest scene
• Tenants seek space at Sunloft
• Future Builders of America have high expectations
• Charlotte County Networking Lunch at Vasani
• Punta Gorda Business After Hours at Southport Square
• ‘Career Doctor’ presents pointers on getting jobs
• ICAN Junction hosts grand opening event
• LTM Party Stores donates inventory to Cultural Center
• Fast-changing markets call for new portfolio management techniques
• It’s your business — Are you up to speed?
• WEDDING BELLS & BUDGETS
• New Stone Crabs booster club works to make a difference
• The Art of navigating
• Teaching kids about friendships outside cyberspace
• Farm-to-table culinary event planned
• Protecting ourselves from radiation
• When your adult child loses a job, unite and set boundaries
• FGCU’s Renaissance Academy is a community collaboration
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Wildlife sanctuary offers free open house celebration
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• The value of one donor
• Boys & Girls Clubs to host 3rd annual BaseBALL
• Better Business Bureau cautions about Japan scams
• JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF
• English: the global language
• This week on WGCU TV
• Local author’s book details liberation of Nazi concentration camps
• Authentic Holocaust artifact on display Edison State
• The noble history of the dribble glass
• Air Show preview set for Thursday
• Narrating life as she goes
• Who’s homeless now?
• Bring out the big marketing guns
• Most retailers wise to minors in Charlotte
• KIDS & DRUGS
• Poetry Reading at Edison in Punta Gorda April 7
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Rhône wines gain ground against traditional cabernets and merlots
• Peace River Seafood Festival at Laishley Park
• Leukemia Cup Doubles Tennis Regatta at the Isles Yacht Club
• Tasting on the Terrace at the Isles Yacht Club
• Free to Breath Lung Cancer Reception at the Wyvern Hotel
• Who knows what evil lurks at a garage sale?
• Charlotte Chorale wraps up season with performance at First Presbyterian
• CAPSULES
• ‘Battle Los Angeles’
• HOROSCOPES
• Everyone needs a plan
• Funny, powerful, not to be missed: ‘August: Osage County’
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, March 23
• Tuesday, March 22
• Monday, March 21
• Sunday March 20
• Saturday, March 19
• Friday, March 18
• Thursday, March 17
• Symphony
• Theater
• Doug MacGregor to present Florida cartoons
• Turning Leaf to present musical variety show
• ‘Curtains’ coming to Edison Charlotte stage
• Charlotte porcelain artist demonstrates, teaches at VAC
• Cleanliness is next to womanliness
• Charlotte Symphony concert presents more than one rising star
• two artists two views
• Pomegranate & Fig ribbon-cutting
• Annual Florida open house weekend set for March 26-27
• Punta Gorda Business over Breakfast at RE/MAX Anchor
• MAP Wellness Center ribbon-cutting
• Ribbon-cutting at Elite Training & Fitness
• Seminar addresses building business with social media
• Rising gas prices challenge recovery
• It’s your business — Are you puzzling?
• WINDOWS THAT POP
• Peace River Regional makes donation on behalf of respected retiring physician
• Don’t let the mean-spirited, petty people get you down
• Blood drives planned in Charlotte County
• Surgeon offers $500 on LASIK
• Florida Eye Health adds hearing services
• Spring Swing/Moffitt Sun Safety Tour set
• Greetings
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Prevent an ER visit
• Florida timeshare group to meet March 27
• EARS organization under new management
• Agency on Aging seeks awards nominees
• Officer’s innovation nourishes the needs of veterans
• Experiencing the morning along Charlotte Harbor
• This week on WGCU TV
• Learning tool toy a rare find
• FGCU solicits nominations of successful alumni
• Native plant uses, ancient cultures explored
• Farm Day at ECHO offers hands-on experiences
• Misapplication of fertilizers degrading water quality
• Steiner sees Charlotte County with fresh eyes
• Don’t ice out public media
• Hands off my mental activity
• Sunshine hero
• Jet team, aerobatic performers headline Florida International Air Show
• SQUATTER HOUSE
• "Pedal & Play in Paradise" 2nd Annual TEAM Punta Gorda Bicycle Tours March 19
• "Downtown Take Off" in Punta Gorda Drops in Prior to Air Show March 24-25
• Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society presents "An Evening with Mark Twain" on March 24
• Peace River National Arts Festival in Punta Gorda March 19-20
• Buckler's Craft Show at Charlotte Harbor Event Center Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20
• This Week's Gallery Walk Downtown Celebrates St. Pat's Day
• Big "Top 40" Happy Hour Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters March 30 at Jack's
• Florida International Air Show at Punta Gorda Airport March 26 and 27
• Dragon Boat Race April 23 at Laishley Park Marina
• Chilli Cook-Off Punta Gorda Woman's Club April 2
• Flea Market at Train Depot Saturday, March 19
• Lecture on Desoto at Renaissance Center Herald Court Punta Gorda April 1
• St. Patrick's Day Ballroom Dance at Punta Gorda Women's Club March 13
• Military Museum in Fishermen's Village to host Doolittle Tokyo Raiders on March 25
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Cuisine News
• Carnival for Cooper Street Kids
• ACS 125 annual event at the home of John and Nancy Dauster
• Dancing with the Charlotte Stars at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center
• Barbecue by the Bay at Laishley Park
• Village Fish Market 30th Anniversary, FIshermans Village
• Rose Art Gallery Exhibit
• A tale of high tension in today’s Turkey
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Adjustment Bureau’
• HOROSCOPES
• Nothing succeeds like success — A list to live by
• ‘Scoundrels’ proves sometimes crime does pay
• Upcoming events
• Tuesday, March 15
• Tuesday, March 15
• Monday, March 14
• Sunday March 13
• Saturday, March 12
• Friday, March 11
• Thursday, March 10
• Symphony
• Theater
• Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek headlines ice show coming to Estero
• Original Earhart play comes to library
• Centennial ‘goes green’ for the arts
• Charlotte Players to stage family comedy
• Why we’re not married
• Historic guests become permanent fixtures in latest PG mural
• The Man with the Golden Horn
• THIS SHIP
• Ribbon-cutting at Palm Auto Mall Used Car Superstore
• Charlotte Chamber Business Expo at Cuttural Center
• WCR hosts murder mystery
• Bar Stool Open to benefit homeless children
• Soccer club donates to trust fund
• Oil price surge exacerbates uncertainty
• Bank seeks community representative
• Goal Post sets night to benefit Military Heritage Museum
• ICAN elects new officers to board of directors
• It’s Your Business — taking care of the staff
• MANSCAPING
• MRSA may not be the bully of the gym after all
• Building confidence is key in overcoming social anxiety
• Program aims to thwart med mix-ups
• Freeland announces candidacy for Punta Gorda City Council
• PUNTA GORDA POLICE NEWS
• Pristinely preserved nature a short ride away
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• On the move
• Exploring the rich flavors of Florida’s favorite fish dishes
• This week on WGCU TV
• Glass-ensconced labels loved by collectors
• Barnstorming the barrier islands
• The Battle of the budgets: New fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq
• The real “shame” in Wisconsin
• You are an alien
• Local man asks community to take a stand against lung cancer
• SURVIVOR
• Golden Memories -- Motown in Punta Gorda This Weekend to Benefit AWL
• Tag Sale to Benefit Relay for Life This Saturday March 12
• Peace River Seafood Festival at Laishley Park March 12 and 13
• Renowned Italian tenor to perform benefit concert at Burnt Store Presbyterian Church on March 26
• Guy LaBree Exhibit at the VAC March 5-30 -- Reception Wednesday, March 9
• Reception for New Exhibit at Visual Arts Center on Thursday, March 10
• Stellar wines energize Southwest Florida Wine & Food Festival
• Punta Gorda Pub Crawl Chapin Food Bank benefit
• Port Charlotte photographer’s work featured at Boca Grande Masters Art Festival
• Blue Heron Pines’ golf pro shop 0pening
• Welcome Home Rays event at River City Grill
• Drug Free Charlotte County’s 10th anniversary banquet
• Teacher and Support Employees of the Year at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• FLORIDA WEEKLY SOCIETY
• Nav-A-Gator presents back-to-back live entertainment
• Sea Grape Gallery presents March guest artist
• ‘Unknown’
• CAPSULES
• HOROSCOPES
• Grant writing: Matching your project to the funder’s ideas
• Farce: It’s all about lies and the lying liars who tell them
• Wednesday, March 9
• Tuesday, March 8
• Monday, March 7
• Sunday, March 6
• Saturday, March 5
• Friday, March 4
• Thursday, March 3
• Symphony
• Players open doors to membership meeting
• Porcelain show and sale set for March 26
• PC High working to get to Carnegie
• Theater
• Flutist Kat Epple shares power of music with Punta Gorda
• VAC presents Guy LaBree and author Carol Mahler
• Breaking up with my friend-of-convenience
• All in the (dysfunctional) family
• ProBuild supports Future Builders
• Keller Williams moves to prime PGI space
• Mastermind project
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business After Hours at Friendly Floors
• Charlotte County Chamber networking luncheon at Jack’s
• Howell Law Firm ribbon-cutting
• Stoneware Pottery ribbon-cutting
• Edward Jones named to ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list for 12th year
• Retail
• Medical
• Human Resources
• Education
• Bank food drive helps fill food pantries
• Ford donates to support March 12 Race for the Cure
• Real estate trends for pension fund portfolios
• Gartner pinpoints 10 consumer mobile applications to watch in 2012
• It’s your business — Start up
• Sponsors sought for Breakfast with the Twins event
• Still sunny
• HOLISTIC HEALTH NOTEBOOK
• Exploring the hidden world of Florida beach spiders
• Relay For Life advance fundraisers planned
• Charlotte Regional Medical Center Receives patient safety award
• Fred Lang Foundation plans first luncheon fundraiser
• Recognizing the warning signs of Alzheimer’s
• Adult siblings: Avoid reverting to those childhood hurts
• Volunteers help beautify Peace River Regional
• Mini Medical School lecture set for March 9
• Dog show planned in Charlotte Harbor
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Blood drives planned in Charlotte County
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• County commissioners to hold budget workshop
• Free guide on managing invasive plants offered
• Ortho topic to be covered at luncheon
• Cancer education classes planned
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• This week on WGCU TV
• Multipurpose furniture illustrates ingenuity
• Mice that can roar
• In retirement, Paul Holmes is busier than ever
• Uprisings: from the Middle East to the Midwest
• Our reactionary president
• Readers give it back to Roger
• Art of the Olympians welcomes royalty
• “We willspend less, period.”
• 4th Annual Student Art Show March 24th Sunart Gallery Punta Gorda
• 6th Annual Punta Gorda Wine & Jazz Festival February 19
• Marcille Wallis & Friends present "My Hearts in the Highlands" at the Congregational United Church of Christ Punta Gorda February 4
• SWFL Arts Council Winner's Circle February 1-17 at the Visual Arts Center
• Burnt Store Presbyterian Church in Punta Gorda -- Winter Concert Series
• First Official Punta Gorda Pub Crawl is February 26
• Team Punta Gorda Garage Sale February 26 -- Fundraiser for Punta Gorda Community Garden
• Southwest Florida Quilt Festival February 25 and 26 at CHEC
• Village Fish Market 30th Anniversary Celebration March 1
• Jim Morris CD Release Party -- Part of Magic on the Water -- at Laishley Park April 10
• Pomegranate & Fig Grand Re-opening March 12
• Pastors Talent Show Fundraiser Friday, February 25
• Showcase India at the Charlotte Harbor Event Center on Sunday, February 27
• art + verse
• Untitled
• Lose weight faster with a physician and learn to keep it off
• Cox Flexion-Distraction can gently reduce spine-related pain
• Finding the gym that’s right for you
• Belly dance your way to a new you
• Baby boomers get an education in Medicare
• Getting to the heart of cardiac surgery
• Advanced Imaging brings new technology to Charlotte
• Cosmetic surgery: no pain, all gain
• Getting around: the ins and outs of ‘-ness’
• Are you ready for change?
• Fit for life: Pilates offers ‘inside-out’ training
• Hookah lounge offers a taste of the Mediterranean
• Greek Fest
• Wine & Jazz Festival, Laishleyshley Park
• Susan G. Korman Golf Tournament, Twins Isle Country Club
• Art Auction at Kingsway Country Club
• Oscar Predictions 2011
• HOROSCOPES
• Getting back to the basics of successful fundraising
• The amazing, wildly entertaining tale of ‘Shipwrecked!’
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Mar. 2
• Tuesday, Mar. 1
• Monday, Feb. 28
• Friday, Feb. 25
• Thursday, Feb. 24
• Sunday, Feb. 27
• Saturday, Feb. 26
• Symphony
• Theater
• Harry Connick Jr. croons at Van Wezel Hall in April
• Bach meets rock in March 6 performance
• One woman’s treasure, a wing woman’s stick-in-the-mud
• Artful chairs to be auctioned at VAC March 6
• Service keeps PGI Homes thriving in Southwest Florida
• Ribbon-cutting, Florida Gulf Coast University Herald Court Centre
• Ribbon-cutting Charlotte Harbor Center Adaptive Playground
• Real Estate
• Food & Beverage
• Private public partnerships: a new normal for Florida
• It’s your business — Diffusion meets innovation
• THE AIRY TALE OF LAUNCHING A SEAPLANE TOUR BUSINESS
• Hospital employees raise thousands for American Heart Association
• Local AAUW branch offers scholarships to women
• PG city meetings set
• New study provides promise in fight against cancer
• Charlotte Regional introduces iPhone app and mobile sites
• It’s not too late to ‘do as I do’ for your children
• Morales joins Charlotte Regional
• IHOP helps raise awareness for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals
• Relay For Life asks cancer survivors to take a lap
• Fundraiser benefits homeless animals of Charlotte County
• GoldenFest coming up March 5 in Bonita Springs
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Some bunny loves you
• Briefs
• Spring fever offers a chance to celebrate with nature’s cleanup crew
• ON THE WATER
• Marine VHF radio seminar offered by Peace River Sail & Power Squadron
• County home repair loan funds available
• CCSO honors 2010 members of the year
• Social entrepreneurs: Visionaries of a new generation
• This week on WGCU TV
• Water droppers recall ancient art of writing
• A regular at the movies
• Obama’s budget: Freezing the poor
• Mitch Daniels, the anti-panderer
• One step forward, 2.4 billion back
• Planning council faces loss of state funding
• AN UPSIDE TO THE RECESSION
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Interview with a winemaker: Randall Grahm, Bonny Doon Vineyard
• Tennis with a Heart and Punta Gorda Tennis Club
• Bark For Life event at Port Charlotte High School
• Cupid’s Ball at Twin Isles
• FGCU presents ‘Slavery Caused the Civil War’
• ART NEWS
• CAPSULES
• ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’
• HOROSCOPES
• The new age donor
• ‘The Lady With All The Answers’
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Feb. 23
• Tuesday, Feb. 22
• Monday, Feb. 21
• Sunday, Feb. 20
• Friday, Feb. 18
• Saturday, Feb. 19
• It’s Your Business — finding ‘E’ success
• Thursday, Feb. 17
• This week’s theater
• Gallery Walk kicks off mega art weekend
• Artist and tribute artist share similar life journeys
• This week’s symphony
• Crazy is as crazy does
• Wine & Jazz Fest is a must-attend for SWFL music lovers
• 'And the Oscar goes to...'
• Staging the right home sale
• Yoga Sanctuary Punta Gorda ribbon-cutting
• Punta Gorda Business over Breakfast at Charlotte Regional
• A locally owned company competes in high-speed big time
• Professor to discuss business opportunities in South Africa
• PALM opens new used superstore
• Professional designations represent dizzying degrees of accomplishments
• GETTING FAST
• Local surgeon mentors international practitioners
• Peace River named top U.S. squadron
• Airboats simplify swampland surveillance
• Blending a family? Clearly assess all the relationships
• Bank teaches money lessons to Brownie troop
• Respected black scientist helped discover Alzheimer’s disease
• Two members join cultural center board
• Pets of the Week
• Eat up
• State leads nation in AP placement participation
• CHS students win regional science fair
• Edison State to host open house
• Borrowers beware: school grant tips from the Better Business Bureau
• Residents can help name town one of the 50 best in the world
• Fundraiser benefits homeless animals of Charlotte County
• Worden Farm to present Vicki Chelf culinary workshops
• Follow the basics for good, effective detox
• Once ‘kitsch,’ it’s now ‘cool’
• This week on WGCU TV
• Actor’s hotrod mission comes from the heart
• Where the giant wheel is always in view
• The king of cut
• Egypt’s youth will not be silenced
• The first $58 billion
• Artistic expression meets its limits
• Astrological Shakeup
• 'Book of the Month" Talk and Signing Event
• Military Heritage Museum: Yard Sale Postponement
• Uncork something different and intriguing on Valentine’s Day
• Fiesta Italia at Laishley Park
• C.A.R.E. Ball at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• Hababa Nights, Higher Ground Performing Arts, Punta Gorda Woman’s Club
• Charlotte Cultural Center’s 50th Anniversary celebration
• War Birds pilot breakfast
• ‘The Rite’
• HOROSCOPES
• How to stretch your philanthropic budget
• ARTS BRIEFS
• An immigrant story with a Jamaican lilt
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• This week’s symphony
• This week’s theater
• Wednesday, Feb. 9
• Tuesday, Feb. 8
• Monday, Feb. 7
• Sunday, Feb. 6
• Saturday, Feb. 5
• Friday, Feb. 4
• Thursday, Feb. 3
• Lobbing stones from my glass house
• ‘Stolen World: A Tale of Reptiles, Smugglers and Skullduggery’
• ‘Feel the Spirit’ celebrates black history and the American dream
• West Side Story
• SandStar celebrates 30 years in Charlotte with a year of contests
• Condo sales on the upswing
• Law Enforcement
• Law
• Real Estate
• Banking
• Construction
• ETFs and ETNs attract investors’ interest
• Butlers bare assets
• Grey Matters event to generate awareness, raise funds and honor those lost
• Snowbird Baseball Classic coming to Charlotte County Feb. 25-March 20
• Charlotte visitor’s guide available
• Mini Medical School lecture series planned
• YMCA Hi-Y’er Club has membership special
• Vistor’s Center ribbon-cutting
• Punta Gorda Chamber Networking Lunch at Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association
• How to fix your junk food ‘Jones’
• Six ways video games affect the brain
• Taste of Love event benefits Special Equestrians
• Start! Heart Walk raises health awareness, funds
• Opinions differ over the right amount of Vitamin D
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Top dogs
• Local outfit offers seminars on +boat and RV maintenance
• Close encounters with creatures from the black lagoon
• Mariners celebrate change of watch
• New commodore makes Burnt Store boat club history
• Landscape gardening series scheduled
• Coming of age: Local student celebrates sweet 16 for the homeless
• Teacher receives mini-grant for hands-on science projects
• Sheriff’s office implements electronic crash reporting system
• Meet five women who are redefining leadership
• Sundance and the art of democracy
• Where have we heard this before?
• This week on WGCU TV
• Therapy, anyone? The Canadians have come.
• Committee addresses 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness
• 911 responds to technology
• Military Heritage Museum News - January 2011
• For stick-to-your-ribs fare, it’s hard to beat The Smoke House
• Punta Gorda Antique Show
• Charlotte Community Foundation
• Pet Parade at Laishley Park
• Charlotte Harbor Rotary Walk for Hunger
• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra fans board the Barry Bus to Tampa Manilow concert
• Charlotte County Boat Show at the Charlotte Fairgrounds
• Smuggler’s Foundation and Employee Donation program Food Drive at Muscle Car City
• Burnt Store Boat Club Change of the Watch
• Stone Crabs set 2011 schedule
• Cultural Center celebrates the big 5-0
• ART BRIEFS
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Company Men’
• HOROSCOPES
• How your contributions, great and small, help us all
• Some modern reactions to seeing a classic
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Feb. 2
• Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Monday, Jan. 31
• Sunday, Jan. 30
• Saturday, Jan. 29
• Friday, Jan. 28
• This week’s symphony
• This week’s theater
• New play features the four loves of FDR
• ‘The Mommy Diet’
• ‘Festa!’ Italiana pays tribute to legendary singer
• Keep watch for Hitchcock
• STEP into mayhem
• Tired of game playing, I let it all hang out
• Herald Court Centre retail space still available
• County-owned land could lure business to Charlotte
• Punta Gorda Chamber After Hours at St. Andrews South
• Charlotte Players 50th Anniversary
• Harborside Wealth Mangers ribbon-cutting
• Southwest Florida Visitor Center links communities north and south
• Nonprofits
• Real Estate
• Banking
• Business education program kicks off in February
• Ain’t no Bull like a grain bull market
• It’s your business — Discovering the elements of a meaningful life
• Have art will travel
• Bank food drive under way to help St. Vincent de Paul food pantries
• Donations, sponsors needed for Special Equestrians fundraiser
• Local professional women raise funds for C.A.R.E.
• Rotary tourney benefits youth programs and scholarships
• Plants offer anti-aging solutions
• Last days to help local student helping the homeless
• Dean’s launches fundraiser to help the homeless
• Charlotte woman proves cancer is no longer a death sentence
• Village Fish Market restaurateur is living proof of Healthy Hearts’ efficacy
• TEAM Punta Gorda open house set for Jan. 27
• Kids with special needs attend to the special needs of others
• Bark for Life canine event set for Feb. 12
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• A fat epidemic
• Coast Guard Auxiliary offers GPS course for boaters
• County government requests residents’ input
• Photo
• Sergeants graduate from leadership academy
• Exploring the dangers and adventures of running aground
• Coming up at the Renaissance Academy
• Edison State College marks progress in Hendry/Glades
• Second annual conference draws the best and brightest
• Tucson, Juarez, and an assault-weapons ban
• China without illusions
• The fact of the matter
• Charlotte Community Foundation announces building campaign
• A Ride to Ruin?
• Dining/dancing fundraiser meets Latin beat
• Sea Grape Gallery presents January guest artist DeVita
• Rose Art celebrates Red Hat Studio
• Whatever your wine questions, there’s an app for that
• One Eleven Anniversary
• Fifth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blanchard House Breakfast
• Phantoms of the Orchestra’s Charlotte Symphony Fundraiser
• Change of the Watch at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
• Sullivan Street Craft Fair in Punta Gorda
• Players debut new space with cabaret
• Contemporary quilts celebrated at show
• CAPSULES
• ‘Blue Valentine’
• HOROSCOPES
• It worked for Pat Boone, Elvis Presley and the Boxtops
• An audience favorite, ‘The Full Monty’ is the real deal
• Wednesday, Jan. 26
• Tuesday, Jan. 25
• Monday, Jan. 24
• Sunday, Jan. 23
• Saturday, Jan. 22
• Friday, Jan. 21
• Thursday, Jan. 20
• Folk music and flamenco dance coming to local library
• Symphony
• Theater
• Artist-advocate teaches course about launching careers in art
• Nav-a-Gator Grill and Marina celebrating 16th anniversary
• For love to take root, we must stand still
• Stoll along eight years of Gallery Walk
• Color Queen
• Foreclosure trolley takes to the road
• Keller Williams business model attracts — and maintains — top talent
• The Hair House ribbon-cutting
• R&K Tax Accounting ribbon-cutting
• Charlotte County Chamber Networking Lunch
• Complete Dental Care ribbon-cutting
• Punta Gorda Business Over Breakfast
• Top trend: Green building to soar worldwide
• In your dreams
• Deficit problems reach critical mass
• It’s your business — get in the game
• Jobbing into the future
• Civil Air Patrol: going strong at 69
• Sail & Power Squadron opens courses to public
• Wings of Freedom tour flies into Page Field
• Warbird Weekend set for Jan. 29-30
• New government food rules a good deal for kids
• Harbour Heights CC plans Funday
• Program offers military burial for forgotten heroes
• Boaters clean up Gilchrist beach
• Paddles up: War On The Peace coming soon
• Peace River Regional Medical Center’s shopping party offers fitness solution
• Punta Gorda Club offering free study incentive to get fit
• Coastal Conservation group to meet
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Click, treat, learn
• Human power drives ancient crafts in Charlotte waters
• Soccer tour to stop in Charlotte
• Students motivated by free flight lesson
• This week on WGCU TV
• Big thinkers, big ideas headline Imagine Solutions
• Guessing what it’s used for, part of the fun with old, odd objects
• Slick Rick rolls the dice
• The abuse of Tucson
• Dodge City South
• Vision Airlines connects Punta Gorda to Northwest Florida
• Cold Blooded
• COMING TO THE CULTURAL CENTER THEATER
• CUISINE NEWS
• Groff Gallery Fabric Exhibit at VAC
• Arcadia Days at DeSota Park
• San Antonio Catholic Church Fall Festival
• Myrna Carry at the Unitiarian Fellowship Gallery
• 22nd annual Photo Expo at the Visual Arts Center
• CAPSULES
• ‘Casino Jack’
• HOROSCOPES
• My New Year’s resolutions
• You’ll fall head over heels for ‘Sylvia’
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Jan. 19
• Tuesday, Jan. 18
• Monday, Jan. 17
• Sunday, Jan. 16
• Saturday, Jan. 15
• Friday, Jan. 14
• Thursday, Jan. 13
• Symphony
• Theater
• World championships coming to Charlotte
• Charlotte Symphony celebrates power and passion Jan. 15
• Predictions for a new year
• Barry Manilow to perform with Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
• The 'high wire' of high notes
• National economists address SWFL real estate conference
• Sunloft offers design flexibility to future residents
• Mooseheads ribbon-cutting
• Joint Chamber Business After Hours at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Government
• Interior Design
• Medical
• Retail
• Health Care
• Smuggler’s Enterprises, Foundation partner to donate $70,000 in food
• ‘Best in Blogging’ event set for Jan. 20
• Event security planning course scheduled in Punta Gorda
• Marketing Roundtable is Jan. 27
• It’s your business: market wisely
• BIG WINNER
• Inspiring minds for change
• Dancing with the stars fundraiser gets hopping March 4
• Paddling the Peace River for relaxing adventure
• Joining a gym a series of healthy choices
• Healthy habits presented at PGI Civic Association
• Okomski returns to OB practice
• Odds and ends
• County seeks volunteers for committees
• Donors and charities win with new tax bill
• Cold weather took toll on manatees
• Young readers gain entrance to air show
• German couple bikes 6,000 miles to Charlotte County
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• This week on WGCU TV
• Classic chairs pleasant to the eyes, pain in the tush
• Fun facts
• Observatory viewing schedule revised
• World Wellness EcoFest planned for Warm Mineral Springs March 19-20
• First Punta Gorda Book Week set for Jan. 17-22
• This week at the Renaissance Academy
• Spring training ticket sales highest in six years
• This entrepreneur can take the heat in the kitchen
• Darrell Issa, step away from the corporations
• After the binge
• Let’s drink to that
• Portfolio.com ranks top retirement destinations
• Unlock Public Docs
• Resolve to drink fine wines at great prices this year
• Gasparilla Food and Wine Fest on tap
• Countdown to 2011 at Torch Bistro
• New Year’s at Fishermen’s Village
• Cultural Center plans plenty of entertainment in one week
• Artists line streets for Cape Festival
• HOROSCOPES
• A great place to start
• Will Stutts: Being Frank
• The hidden world of the receding past in Everglades City
• Wednesday, Jan. 12
• Tuesday, Jan. 11
• Monday, Jan. 10
• Sunday, Jan. 9
• Saturday, Jan. 8
• Friday, Jan. 7
• Thursday, Jan. 6
• Symphony
• Theater
• Pimping ain’t easy
• ‘The Horns of Ruin’
• 50 years at the Cultural Center
• History of the Cultural Center of Charlotte County
• Cultural Center marks 50 years in Charlotte
• Sylvia photo contest continues
• SUDDENLY, SYLVIA
• Real Estate board installs 2011 officers
• Coldwell Banker Sunstar-Morris launches new website
• REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK PREDICTS A GRADUAL RECOVERY
• Peace River Wildlife Center Mammal Cages ribbon cutting
• Charlotte County Utilities receives state award
• Seminar gives insight into city operations
• Don Gasgarth’s Ford sponsors FFA scholarship
• Goodwill welcomes new board members
• Woof-woof investing: Applying Dog strategy in 2011
• ‘If I had a hammer…’
• In the cloud
• Knowing glaucoma risks can stop thief of sight
• Research Symposium has its vision set on sight
• New psychiatric hospital set to open next year
• Ostomy group plans January meeting
• Grey Matters event boasts awareness of brain cancers
• Feline myth-busting
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Some New Year’s favorites to keep you going for years
• ’Tis the season for manatee viewing
• This week on WGCU TV
• Bills Backers donate to Do the Right Thing
• Cats beat dogs when it comes to Galle pottery
• This week at the Renaissance Academy
• Finding time to write a novel amid life’s challenges
• ‘The comeback kid’ and the kids who won’t
• The rule of Sebelius
• Marking a trail home
• Black bear sightings should be nothing to fear
• BOOMERS TURN 65
• Monday, Jan. 3
• Sunday, Jan. 2
• O ngoing events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Jan. 5
• Tuesday, Jan. 4
• Saturday, Jan. 1
• Friday, Dec. 31
• Thursday, Dec. 30
• Symphony
• Theater
• Sheriff’s Department employees help needy kids
• Chamber of Commerce’s annual Wine and Jazz Festival is coming up
• Old dogs, new year
• Bush family members to present 11th annual Celebration of Reading
• Charlotte County: history in the making
• Year-end tax tips for individuals from the National Society of Accountants
• Boating fatalities soar in 2010
• Yah Yahs’ backpack program feeds hungry kids
• The Lives They Led
• Nav-A-Gator 16th anniversary
• Toys for Tots, Marine Corps Reserve
• The Odd Couple
• Charming Suncoast Lakes
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Sea-weathered phrases help us celebrate the New Year
• President Obama’s Christmas gift to AT&T (and Comcast and Verizon)
• President Obama’s Mitterrand moment
• Marathon man of the year
• Charlotte County EMS-FIRE Servers at Lexington Manor
• Punta Gorda Chamber Afterhours at Port Charlotte Auto Mall
• Mini Medical school provides health topics to public
• Fire safety tips from the Punta Gorda Fire Dept.
• Avoiding accidents around the holidays
• Slow, effective weight control
• PAST REPASTS
• NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTIES
• A bumpy ride… at best
• Floridians’ consumer confidence unchanged in December
• Consumers Union calls for stricter oversight of reverse mortgage market
• Census paints mixed economic picture
• There were some great cinematic surprises…
• CAPSULES
• ‘True Grit ’
• HOROSCOPES
• Lessons learned through the eyes of children
• According to The Times…
• Eight great reads you might have missed in 2010
• William Heffernan’s detective attends to the dead
• Turning Leaf rings in a musical new year
• Phantoms raise ‘phunds’ for CSO
• Maestro Wada and the art of conducting
• Patti on creating her own Evita
• Broadway Diva
• O n going events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Dec. 29
• Tuesday, Dec. 28
• Saturday, Dec. 25
• Monday, Dec. 27
• Sunday, Dec. 26
• Saturday, Dec. 25 Saturday Dec
• Symphony
• Theater
• NEWS BRIEFS
• Civil Air Patrol launches 2011 dollar campaign
• HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
• Fighting for his life
• Stone Crabs announce 2011 regular season schedule
• UPCOMING EVENTS
• Holiday hiccups spread cheer into the New Year
• Holiday Lights
• The Gallery of Fine Art Holiday Open House
• Gallery Walk in Punta Gorda
• Vallacare Holiday Party at One-Eleven
• Wilson’s Holiday Celebration
• FBA seeks sponsorships for upcoming camp
• Future builders
• Pets of the Week
• A safer New Year
• A beachfront encounter with a man named ‘Essie’
• Cancun, climate change and Wikileaks
• Charlotte County Chamber Networking at Beef O’Brady’s
• Innovation is the thing
• Last call for alcohol
• Spago ground breaking
• That little red berry
• Holiday wishes from Fawcett Memorial Hospital
• Rising Fears
• RED CROSS BRIEFS
• HEALTH BRIEFS
• Get your food and music right: Skirt steak goes with AC/DC
• Punta Gorda Police officials warn residents about recent scams reported in the city
• Constructive financial gift giving
• It’s your business – selling
• Plates of permanence
• Champagne makes the holidays even more special
• Holiday parties can be fun and festive without a lot of fuss
• CAPSULES
• ‘Black Swan ’
• Collectors enchanted by elaborate forest carvings
• This week on WGCU TV
• HOROSCOPES
• New Year’s Resolutions: In one year and out the other, Volume 2
• Susan Stroman: Monster choreographer and director
• Creations Gallery recreates itself a final time
• happy new year
• After an earthquake in Haiti, a new life in Southwest Florida
• O n going events
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Dec. 22
• Tuesday, Dec. 21
• Monday, Dec. 20
• Sunday, Dec. 19
• Thursday, Dec. 16
• Symphony
• Theater
• Saturday, Dec. 18
• Friday, Dec. 17
• Government academy teaches participants about local government
• Charlotte County fire/EMS personnel to brighten holidays at nursing facilities
• Giving kids the gift of reading
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Full-scale DUI checkpoint planned
• Healthy Hearts Dining Program launches in Punta Gorda restaurants
• Edison State introduces middle grades bachelor’s degree
• Peace River Center for Writers awarded humanities grant
• Edison Collegiate HS and Habitat break ground on new partnership
• Edison State offers new course at Charlotte Technical Center
• New book brings SWFL World War II history to life
• Travel with increased security expected to go smoothly
• Biting Into Medicare's Donut Hole
• Punta Gorda Kiwanis Christmas Card Lane
• Commemorating Pearl Harbor Day
• Isles Yacht Club Christmas Lighting
• European-Style Market and Christmas Tree Lighting
• Arts & Humanities Council’s Holiday Open House
• Less than perfect, but somehow just right
• Five tenants sign on with Sunloft Center
• Adams Homes dominates in Creekside
• Homeless in need of food
• Pet first aid class to be offered
• ‘Santa Paws’ event draws animal lovers
• Pet of the Week
• The ultimate tool
• What we have to say to snowbirds and visitors
• Exploring along the islands with other visitors
• Cancun, climate change and Wikileaks
• Innovation is the thing
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business Over Breakfast
• Charlotte County Chamber New Members Reception at Harbor Nissan
• Applebee’s ribbon-cutting
• Physicians offer a dose of advice for holiday health
• Hospital women’s group rewarded by friendship, results
• Protein could help slow brain aging
• Wally’s may put Port Charlotte on the barbecue map
• Denial: An investment strategy that doesn’t work
• It’s your business: Focus
• Bedbug business is brisk
• Wine & Jazz tickets on sale
• Business program starts in February
• Punta Gorda Curves named to Shining Star Club
• Wolf Venetian salesperson of the month
• Santa has changed his look throughout the centuries
• This week on WGCU TV
• Calendar celebrates SWFL seasons
• Christmas Card Lane: It’s a walk in the park
• Holidays Happenings...
• CAPSULES
• ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ’
• HOROSCOPES
• ’Tis the week before Christmas
• Clever dialogue rings through ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’
• Charlotte Chorale seeks new voices for 2010-2011 season
• Phantoms hosts wine draw event for orchestra
• Gallery Walk salutes the military Dec. 16
• Sometimes Santa delivers chills
• For Santa Claus, it’s all about spirit
• Three more SteveFest concerts planned
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Dec. 15
• Tuesday, Dec. 14
• Monday, Dec. 13
• Ongoing events
• Sunday, Dec. 12
• Saturday, Dec. 11
• Friday, Dec. 10
• Thursday, Dec. 9
• This week’s symphony
• This week’s theater
• Fishing course coming up
• Carrabba’s fundraiser helps visually impaired
• Love and Loren team to give sweet and shiny surprises to customers
• Gasgarth hosts outing ‘For the Love of Kids’ and golf
• Bank collecting toys for needy children
• RED CROSS BRIEFS
• Boomers at 65 face health and retirement choices
• Volunteers needed for county committees
• AARP Florida hopes to thwart elderly hunger epidemic
• Homeless Coalition seeks staples for hot meals program
• Local student pitches in to help the homeless
• High euthanasia rates show a persistent problem
• Florida Weekly Takes On: The Impossible
• Jingle Bell Run-Walk
• Christmas Parade in Punta Gorda
• Havana on the Harbor, Wyvern Rooftop
• Faced with impossible choices
• KB Home ceases construction in Creekside community
• TRENDS CONFERENCE AIMS TO KEEP INDUSTRY LEADERS UP TO DATE
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Adopt a holiday pet
• Weather tracking: a primer on fronts
• Museum’s new Membership Plus! program helps boost local economy
• Rising from the impossible economy
• Conversion: L’Chaim
• Entrepreneurs
• Advisory groups
• Nonprofits
• Gifted Gator Christmas Sale, Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association
• Riding Star Ranch Open House
• Too tired to tango
• Charlotte Regional receives American Stroke Association achievement award
• Free amplified devices available to hearing, speech impaired
• Did you get your flu shot?
• Nation’s top chefs add excitement to Naples Winter Wine Festival
• Better not pout, or Santa may not bring you that wine
• While Europe struggles, U.S. banks face their own problems
• It’s your business: cultivate a system
• A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
• Turner is Sea Grape’s December guest artist
• Sea Grape Gallery has new guest artist program
• HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
• Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek headlines Stars on Ice show coming to Estero
• This week on WGCU TV
• Tin toys date back to European Industrial Age
• CAPSULES
• ‘Welcome To The Rileys’
• HOROSCOPES
• As the story goes, even Harvard makes mistakes
• Go mad for ‘Gaslight,’ a classic thriller that seduces
• Keaveny art on display at UU
• Stars’ names revealed for A&H fundraiser
• ‘White Christmas’ ushers in the holiday spirit
• MAKING A LIVING AS AN ARTIST
• Ernie Lijoi Sr. writes about life as ‘Eddie Pannoni’
• Upcoming events
• Wednesday, Dec. 8
• Tuesday, Dec. 7
• Monday, Dec. 6
• Sunday, Dec. 5
• Saturday, Dec. 4
• Friday, Dec. 3
• Thursday, Dec. 2
• This week’s symphony
• This week’s theater
• Coffee planned at Freeman House
• Music Meet Market set for Dec. 10-12
• Huge garage sale on tap at Charlotte Sports Park
• Master Gardener plant sale planned
• Officers eye construction zones for speeders
• Bloodmobile locations set
• CCMI exec to speak about lessons learned
• Seminar to focus on city government
• Giving gifts that are ‘outside the box’
• WE GOT LUCKY
• Southwest Florida Internation Beer Festival, Charlotte Harbor Convention Center
• Fishermen’s Village Golf Cart Christmas Parade
• Ladies Night Out in Punta Gorda
• Empty Bowls at Pilgrim United Church
• Commodores Ball at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
• Letters from an angry mother
• Green homebuilder’s custom care earns evergreen loyalty
• Pets of the Week
• Pill your pet
• Finding scutes, Indian beads and more lost treasures along the gulf
• The health insurance industry’s vendetta against Michael Moore
• Eric Holder’s war
• TSA misses opportunity
• Charlotte County Chamber business card exchange at Harborwalk Scoops
• Punta Gorda Chamber After Hours at Centennial Bank
• Papillon ribbon-cutting
• Vitamin A may help to keep us looking good
• Charlotte practitioner takes a whole-body approach to healing, wellness
• Researchers wage a continuing war on Alzheimer’s
• What’s in a name?
• It’s your business: A formula for success
• Wall Street’s new debt product
• Fiberglass firm wins Blue Chip for reinventing itself
• Offices that inspire
• Christmas Card Lane opens soon
• Holiday pops concert to feature Ida Zecco
• Nativities Around the World exhibit open
• CHRISTMAS CALENDAR
• CAPSULES
• ‘127 Hours ’
• HOROSCOPES
• Giving is a natural extension of the holidays
• Here’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ that tugs the heartstrings just right
• ‘Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo’
• Holiday ships set to sail into Charlotte Harbor
• Vince & Amy
• This week on WGCU TV
• Q&A with Terry Kovel
• Joy ride: local execs get a Smart Car experience
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Monday, Nov. 29
• Sunday, Nov. 28
• Saturday, Nov. 27
• Friday, Nov. 26
• Wednesday, Dec. 1
• Tuesday, Nov. 30
• Thursday, Nov. 25
• This week’s theater
• Children’s Services Council seeks volunteer
• Local students eligible for Simon youth scholarship program
• Photo
• Junior Achievement receives Financial Literacy Award
• BBB offers holiday shopping tips
• Garden Club sets Holly Days Home Tour
• K of C rallies to support local homeless coalition
• FGCU serves up Empty Bowls Soup Lunch, pottery sale
• Healing center gives to Empty Bowls program
• PGPD ready for holiday seatbelt campaign
• Everyday life gives locals much to be thankful for
• It's a dirty job
• Announcing of Dancing with the Charlotte County Stars’ at Wyvern Rooftop
• Free To Breath Lung Cancer Run-Walk at the Charlotte Sport Park
• Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival at the Sport Park
• Animal Welfare League party at Laishley Park
• Pottery Express Art & Music Festival
• Untranslatable
• New Rutenberg model offers amenities aplenty
• Pets of the Week
• WALK ON!
• Island finds and natural treasures
• A cry from Argentina: Close Guantanamo
• A first step on the debt
• Nouvelle native on an old-time fusion Thanksgiving
• Clear View advisors attend national convention
• Allegiant named one of Forbes’ ‘America’s 100 Best Small Companies’
• Construction
• Health Care
• Real Estate
• Entrepreneurs
• Law
• Punta Gorda Entrepreneurial Academy Graduation
• Creator’s Touch ribbon-cutting
• Ribbon-cutting at the Artisans’ Atelier
• SWFWMD announces Phase I moderate water shortage
• A thankful heart is part of a healthy lifestyle
• Incision-less surgery can alleviate GERD symptoms
• Fawcett Memorial earns national accreditation for echocardiography
• Open house on tap at Map Wellness Center
• Online autism certification available at Edison State College
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Starting a wine collection without breaking the bank
• It’s your business: Launch it wisely
• Watch your budget on Black Friday, counselors warn
• BLACK FRIDAY
• Tux & Trees Gala features live auction of holiday trees
• FGCU music students win top prizes in state competition
• Holiday craft fair benefits Family Services Center
• ‘Christmas Tide’ set for Dec. 5
• CAPSULES
• ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ’
• HOROSCOPES
• Celebrating National Philanthropy Day
• Starting a new tradition: Thanksgiving from Hell
• Charlotte Players bring ‘White Christmas’ to town
• History Park celebrates a ‘Winter Wonderland’
• Sondheim whines and dishes in collection of lyrics
• 10 THINGS TO DO OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
• This week on WGCU TV
• Whimsical upside-down designs are fun, curious finds
• Facilitating the written word since boyhood
• Ongoing events
• Upcoming events
• Planning for all modes of transport
• Wednesday, Nov. 24
• Tuesday, Nov. 23
• Monday, Nov. 22
• Sunday, Nov. 21
• Saturday, Nov. 20
• Friday, Nov. 19
• Thursday, Nov. 18
• This week’s theater
• NEWS BRIEFS
• Squadron sponsors boating safety day
• It's Tea Time
• American Cancer Catte Barons’ Ball at Charlotte County Fairgrounds
• Veterans Day at Fishermen’s Village
• Dwight Icenhower as Elvis at the Cultural Center
• Nav-A-Gator Customer Appreciation Night
• Two spouses not always twice the fun
• Charlotte house hunters seek pricier homes
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Journey to North Cap — and beyond
• Obama casts a military cloud over Indonesia
• The shellacking that hubris
• Clarification: my wife
• Kay’s Kloset ribbon cutting
• Creations Gallery ribbon cutting
• Homeopathic remedies can help fight the flu
• Doctor performs Charlotte County’s first minimally invasive thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
• It’s Great American Smokeout time
• Fundraisers to help Punta Gorda man who needs kidney transplant
• Bayfront Center YMCA to offer health screenings
• Spazzi Italian Grill offers appealing, casual ambience downtown
• It’s your business
• Commodities: A necessity or a fad about to bust?
• Beautification project under way
• Local firm brings bartering to a new level
• Switching careers
• Cultural Center welcomes new fitness trainer
• Mangas named personal banker
• PALM welcomes two employees
• Trust officer attends state conference
• Parrot Head Club donates to youth ranches
• CAPSULES
• ‘Unstoppable’
• ART BRIEFS
• HOROSCOPES
• Current thoughts on holiday giving
• They’ve got legs. They know how to use them.
• Passion packed into a hunt for kidnapped children
• Chabad of Charlotte County celebrates Chanukah Fest
• COMING UP AT RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• Gallery Walk a time to give
• History Park becomes a winter wonderland
• Doctor is on a mission for the needy, uninsured
• VETERAN’S DAY EVENTS
• Donations for Mammograms may help save Charlotte County women’s lives
• Inaugural Annual Fashion Show Lunch for Volunteer Community Clinic, Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
• Monday, Nov. 15
• FCW Wrestling returns to Punta Gorda
• Expo, conference focus on ‘green’ living, alternative energy sources
• FunKFest 10, Here Come the Mummies e ArtSensation 10, Arts & Humanities
• Sunday, Nov. 14
• CAPSULES
• Eggs are good for your joints
• Like a snow globe, life settles into familiar patterns
• Saturday, Nov. 13
• ‘Megamind’
• Fawcett hosts Charlotte County’s Great American Smokeout
• No on 4 gives sigh of relief to 67 percent of voters
• Friday, Nov. 12
• HOROSCOPES
• Fall-Palooza Health Fair coming up Nov. 17
• Paperwork glitch more of an itch to local Realtors
• Thursday, Nov. 11
• Giving: Even the coach agrees
• Food and wine happenings on the harbor
• Pets of the Week
• This week’s symphony
• Ambitious adventure reaps rewards for CSO
• It’s time to talk turkey about wines for Thanksgiving feast
• Cat, meet dog
• This week’s theater
• Edison Charlotte to stage ‘Alice in Wonderland’
• What a difference a week makes
• The riches of the gulf coast
• COMMODORES CONDUCT CHANGE OF WATCH
• Suncoast Chorale announces 2010- 2011 Season
• Skimming — it’s for real
• The code of ethics at NPR and why it matters
• Parrotheads donate $5,000 to PRWC
• Charlotte Chorale adds new voices
• Land of abundance
• Date night: Edison Observatory open for season
• Season of change hits Rose Gallery
• A positive spin on negative ads
• It’s time to be ‘Reckless’
• THIS WEEK AT RENAISSANCE ACADEMY
• This week on WGCU TV
• Charlotte class of 2011 announced
• Illusions Hair Salon ribbon-cutting
• Pre-session delegation lunch scheduled in Punta Gorda
• Much ado about Shakespeare fest
• Cultural Center names board members
• Arthur Rutenberg Homes ribbon-cutting
• Foreclosure prevention workshop set for Nov. 11
• Ongoing events
• Mentoring memoir provides joy for the spirit
• Sold on continuing education and the newspaper business
• Charlotte 911 service receives upgrade
• Artists go public in new atelier space
• Upcoming events
• A sequel to Prokofiev’s classic educates, entertains
• A quartet of Broadway musicals
• Diabetes health fair to be held
• Why'd the chicken cross the road? ...
• Wednesday, Nov. 17
• SWFL Arts Season Guide 2010-11
• What the critic won’t miss
• Fishermen’s Village hosts ‘Lifestyles After 50’ expo
• Life is Sweet, Family Home Medical
• Tuesday, Nov. 16
• Young musicians compete for chance to perform with Sarasota Orchestra
• Steadfast Punta Gorda citizens met in Brooklyn
• Salt and Light
• Punta Gorda Chamber Luncheon at Ventura Lakes
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Tuesday, Nov. 9
• Growing Up Kennedy
• Charlotte County Chamber Business After Hours at The Bicycle Center
• Popular boat parade sets sail the Saturday before Christmas
• Monday, Nov. 8
• FLORIDA WEEKLY WRITING CHALLENGE
• Earthing and chocolate are foundations of a healthy regimen
• Memory Walk for Alzheimer’s on path to Punta Gorda
• Sunday, Nov. 7
• New conductor debuts with North Port Concert Band
• Getting around: the ins and outs of ‘-ness’
• SEIZED ASSETS
• Saturday, Nov. 6
• Lemon Bay’s ‘Chapter Two’ worth the trip
• Deadly lung cancer still has its surviors
• Haunting on the Harbor at Lashley Park
• Friday, Nov. 5
• Books from ‘the people of the book’
• Flavorful morsels set the tone for fall food and wine
• Charlotte County Red Cross Boo Ball at PGI Civic Association
• Thursday, Nov. 4
• ‘The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest’
• Blue Chip Award recognizes Southwest Florida small-business owners
• In love, it’s best to hold lightly
• This week’s theater
• HOROSCOPES
• When somethin’ is really nothin’
• Pets of the Week
• Punta Gorda Relay For Life Rally set for Nov. 11
• How community foundations help everyday heros
• When flat is the new thriving
• Sleep tight
• Adult reading comp class offered
• ‘Noises Off’: Sardines, slamming doors and madcap merriment
• Farr Law Firm recognized as member of top 25
• Channels provided safe haven for pirates
• Port Charlotte Relay breakfast planned
• Sea Grape Gallery names November Artists of the Month
• Five Star honors top performers
• War should be an election issue
• CCSO raising funds for ‘Shop with a Cop’ event
• Edison College student honored for writing
• M&I Bank donates $1,000 to Youth Ranches
• The closing of NPR’s mind
• This week at Renaissance Academy
• ARTS BRIEFS
• Port Charlotte Town Center expands retail offerings
• Post-election blues
• Octagon offers free admission for military, veterans
• This week on WGCU TV
• Bayfront Y to host fundraiser sale
• Washburn joins Isles Yacht Club
• NEWS BRIEFS
• Dressing up the Rockettes
• Critic picks flicks
• Local Realtor achieves national recognition
• New schools superintendent takes helm in Charlotte County
• 100 Voices
• The New Mastersounds to play at festival
• GulfView Medical Institute Opens in Punta Gorda
• Web Conference on home care for Alzheimer’s patients
• Wednesday, Nov. 10
• Southwest Florida refinery Algenol unveiled
• THE RACE FOR YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR IS STILL ... NECK & NECK
• FLORIDA WEEKLY WRITING CHALLENGE
• Selling Simplicity
• Phamalot by Phantoms of the Orchestra at the Charlotte Cultural Center
• Upcoming events
• Catch the bus for Florida opera
• Empty Bowls fundraiser planned for Nov. 18
• Salty Paws Barktoberfest Pet Costume Contest, Fishermans Village
• Wednesday, Nov. 3
• ‘Hereafter’
• Bank holds kids coloring contest
• Bayshore Live Oak Park Wine Festival
• Tuesday, Nov. 2
• HOROSCOPES
• Gov. Crist appoints two to Children’s Council
• The marrying kind
• Monday, Nov. 1
• Working with donors to embrace the continued need
• Fawcett sponsors Fall-Palooza
• Pets of the Week
• Sunday, Oct. 31
• The Ringling festival: More fun than the circus
• Centennial parent sees third quarter increase
• Hitting the box
• Saturday, Oct. 30 Saturd
• ART BRIEFS
• New Panel Homes builds ‘green’ prototype
• Lethal seafood — lion, puffer and reef fish
• Friday, Oct. 29
• Memoirist Augusten Burroughs talks writing, comes to town
• Keller Law marks milestone
• When banks are the robbers
• Thursday, Oct. 28
• Unraveling the secret of the mummies… or not
• Chiropractic practice opens
• The Texas model
• This week’s theater
• MUMMIES GIVE NEW MEANING TO ‘LIVE’ MUSIC AT FUNK FEST
• Local attorney selected among best in America
• Developing outside the box
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
• The many loves of Dobie Pasco
• Paula Diane’s Hair Studio ribbon-cutting
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Artsensation set for Nov. 6
• Lexington Manor 10th Anniversary
• HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
• Getting the most from your digestion
• Dressage club plans fall open house event
• A handful of Summers – two sonnets
• Urgent care facilities meet urgent needs
• Voting day questions? Here are all of the amendments made easy
• Florida
• PAST REPASTS
• 'Wack-o’-lanterns' spring from traditional pumpkin carving
• Cupid’s Arrow
• Leo vs. Mike
• Real estate expo coming up
• Village Place ribbon-cutting
• Friday, Oct. 22
• Rockettes’ road to Southwest Florida goes through Myrtle Beach
• Businesses celebrate opening at Laishley Park
• VAC’s Leo vs. Mike Fine Arts Festival opening celebration
• Thursday, Oct. 21
• Seymour named personal banker
• Integrity Employee Leasing Risk Management ribbon-cutting
• This week’s theater
• ART BRIEFS
• Leadership Charlotte 2010 Reception at the Wotitzky law firm
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
• When I Get My Chance
• Fawcett celebrates its 35th anniversary
• Health department sees spike in site traffic, improves services
• Living the Dream
• Help (NOT ) wanted:
• PAYING UP:
• Writing contest in its final days
• Protecting yourself this winter HOLISTIC HEALTH NOTEBOOK
• RibFest at Laishley Park
• HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
• Tapas One takes on sleek persona in new Punta Gorda digs
• Pops Concert at Edison College, Punta Gorda
• Annual meeting features unique price of admission
• FGCU to receive $2.3 million in federal funding
• Charlotte Academy Parents Social
• ‘RED’
• FGCU to explore electronic waste issue
• CARE Auxiliary Society Fall Luncheon
• HOROSCOPES
• Florida residency seminar set
• The underappreciated American man
• Upcoming events
• The motivation and means of giving
• For one night, downtown merchants turn streets into Little Italy
• PETS OF THE WEEK
• Wednesday, Oct. 27
• ‘Hairspray’: Big hair and even bigger fun
• Nice work if you can get it
• Life’s good with friends at your side
• Tuesday, Oct. 26
• Collectors treat themselves to Halloween memorabilia
• Pension fund investors look to timber and farmland
• John Le Carré: Calling out the traitors
• Monday, Oct. 25
• This week on WGCU TV
• Plan your work, work your plan
• Revenge of the Hillary voters
• Sunday, Oct. 24
• Play ‘Leo vs. Mike: the Competition’ relates history with a twist
• PAINTED, WRAPPED & ROLLING:
• Going back to college
• Saturday, Oct. 23
• ‘Secretariat’
• An education in spending
• Charlotte Behavioral honors breast cancer health
• HOROSCOPES
• The big boo-hoo
• Breast cancer survivors, ACS volunteers, educate the public
• Everyone needs to start somewhere
• FGCU Open House in Punta Gorda
• NEWS BRIEFS
• Ongoing events
• Lamenting over contest winner ‘Cynthia’s Lament’
• Peace River Center for Writers Awards Dinner at Edison State College
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Upcoming events
• Sold-out play offers second performance
• Enzymes power your body’s chemical reactions
• Whole-person care leads to empowerment naturally
• Wednesday, Oct. 20
• Carvings that once lured shoppers now lure collectors
• Emergency cooling therapy can be a lifesaver
• 2010 Power Women in Charlotte
• Tuesday, Oct. 19
• This week on WGCU TV
• The household clutter hazard
• Breast Cancer Bike Ride at Acme Bicycle Shop, Punta Gorda
• Monday, Oct. 18
• From Sanibel conference to ‘grue’ review, literary opportunities abound
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Fourth annual Breast Cancer Ride at the Bicyle Center, Port Charlotte
• Sunday, Oct. 17
• Handy man
• The times are a-changing in the world of wines
• Octoberfest in downtown Punta Gorda
• Saturday, Oct. 16
• Scars fade in the light of better years
• ARTS BRIEFS
• Holiday Fest & Craft Extravagnaza at the Charlotte County Fairgrounds
• Friday, Oct. 15
• Soffits: A Legacy of Hurricane Wilma
• Charlotte County Homeless Coalition benefit at Jack’s
• Thursday, Oct. 14
• Emptiness
• In foreign flesh trade, sometimes women have the upper hand
• This week’s theater
• Wetland
• Pets of the Week
• Registration is under way for Race for the Cure
• Salt and Light
• Groom for health
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
• Florida Weekly invites writers to take part in contest
• Maneuvering through the magic of Matlacha
• Volunteers needed for Punta Gorda’s celebrated Relay For Life
• CAPSULES
• From Tuskegee to Guatemala via Nuremberg
• Memory Walk boosts Alzheimer’s awareness
• Marco Rubio Visits Punta Gorda
• Sunday, Oct. 10
• Tax-exempt status change?
• Klein elected to Edison board vice chair
• MOMENTS IN TIME
• Saturday, Oct. 9
• Following the paper trail
• Centennial Bank aquires Wakulla
• Say thanks for education with a scholarship
• Take your corners and mark your calendars for Leo vs. Mike
• Venetian Golf & River Club welcomes new staff
• Against the voters
• Friday, Oct. 8
• Rock Rebels
• FGCU Herald Court celebrates opening
• In the name of breasts
• Thursday, Oct. 7
• Infectious and contagious, new hospital CEO shares his vision
• Empty Bowls seeks sponsors, guests
• Tire Kingdom ribbon-cutting
• Theater
• Punta Gorda History Park Farmer's Market open Every Sunday
• Sponsorships available for boat parade program
• Tapas One ribbon-cutting
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
• Paltrow donates signed purse for Handbag Happy Hour
• Eden opens Fort Myers school for children with Autism
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• This week on WGCU TV
• Walking in the sand could ease a variety of ailments
• Ape Center working to keep primates out of homes, entertainment
• American-made Rookwood pottery fetches high prices
• Medicare offers free physicals as a welcome gift
• Dig, Plant, Eat
• Growing Up Kennedy
• Being proactive about breast health
• Arts & Humanities Council Annual Membership Reception
• Rodeo Night
• Sweet Treasures offers new wine taste discoveries
• Bar Stool Open Dollars for Mammograms benefit
• Ongoing events
• Ode to a Microwave
• The bull is back... maybe
• Pink on the Pier at Fishermen’s Village
• Upcoming events
• Florida Weekly launches Freestyle fiction and poetry contest
• Exploring ‘The Laws of Success,’ part three
• Between men and women, nothing is free
• Wednesday, Oct. 13
• CAPSULES
• Job Corps to hold career development session at Edison’s Lee campus
• Pets of the Week
• Tuesday, Oct. 12
• ‘The Social Network’
• Pumped up business
• An end to fear
• Monday, Oct. 11
• HOROSCOPES
• Chamber to kick off Partners in Action 2011
• The art of navigating the shallow gulf and other tales
• brian ROLAND
• Torture in Iraq continues, unabated
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• james KING
• Enough
• Leadership Charlotte raises $10,000 for community
• amy VISCO
• Never send to know
• Amendments discussed at AAUW meeting
• eric TRUGLAS
• Susan G. Koman Charlotte County Grant Reception
• FGCU to host oil spill forum
• todd JOHNSON
• Charlotte County Chamber Annual Awards Dinner
• Southwest Florida celebrates National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• { CHARLOTTE COUNTY }
• Punta Gorda Chamber after hours at Cayo Costa Dental
• .. beating breast cancer
• 151 BEST DISHES IN SWFL
• Gluten sensitivity test and ‘earthing’ could lead to healthier living
• Naples twins outpace cancer, stay on track together
• Upcoming events
• Port Charlotte hairdresser cuts out adventurous life
• Living Wise and Well Expo planned in October
• Florida panther population in better shape
• Wednesday, Oct. 6
• Girls Night Out offers friendship, food and free mammograms
• Beating Breast Cancer
• Tuesday, Oct. 5
• Wall Street sequel reflects realities of the investment world
• Third Annual Punta Gorda Hook Kids on Fishing Program at Fishermen’s Village
• Monday, Oct. 4
• Scaring up profits
• US Food Service Wholesale Food Show at Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
• Sunday, Oct. 3
• Essence of Harmony kicks off fall festival
• Study abroad relationships struggle at border crossing of real world
• Saturday, Oct. 2
• Professional development seminar set
• Real Estate & Home Expo set for Oct. 30
• Friday, Oct. 1
• HOROSCOPES
• Pets of the Week
• Thursday, Sept. 30
• Keys to staying focused on fundraising efforts
• Frightfully Fun
• This week’s theater
• tony RIDGWAY
• Navigating local waters then and now
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• It’s the right thing to do
• Thursday, Sept. 23
• Wrestling returns to Punta Gorda
• Board of Realtors Luncheon
• This week’s theater
• Barry Manilow partners with Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
• Senior Friendshp ribbon-cutting
• COMMUNITY NEWS
• Dummy boards are expensive companions
• Reflections Magazine unveiling at Edison College Charlotte Campus
• FGCU NEWS
• This week on WGCU TV
• HEALTH NEWS
• BRIEFS
• First historic mural to be re-created
• Healing the gut — and other things
• Unemployment figures continue to disappoint
• Turning Leaf: Six years strong — plus five minutes
• Inside Florida's Three Way Race
• Open Mic Night
• Escalating childhood obesity a disturbing trend
• United Way Annual Campaign kickoff at Suntrust
• The consummate concierge, Tony Almeida is ‘at your service’
• Wellness Center classes make fitness fun
• Kids Day America at Sallie Jones Elementary
• Ongoing events
• Old Monty’s cooks on through good times and bad
• Visual Arts Center Student Teacher exhibit awards reception
• Upcoming events
• Exploring ‘The Laws of Success,’ part two
• What we talk about when we talk about fantasies
• Wednesday, Sept. 29
• Big Givers
• Pets of the Week
• Tuesday, Sept. 28
• CAPSULES
• Emergency measures
• Monday, Sept. 27
• ‘Easy A’
• Unearthing mysteries among the mangroves
• Sunday, Sept. 26
• HOROSCOPES
• A little missed sunshine
• Saturday, Sept. 25
• Grants support local community initiatives
• Animal Welfare official speaks out about shelters, TNR program
• Friday, Sept. 24
• Crossbows, big hair and choking: Awkward family photos
• Keep those lists coming
• Exploring ‘The Laws of Success’
• Sept. 11: A day without war
• This week’s theater
• Disturbing kittys fetch a pretty price
• Florida’s consumer confidence entrenched at a low level
• Deep in the Obama bunker
• FGCU programs receive accreditation
• This week on WGCU TV
• Foreigners buying Florida
• Start talking: Sex and the gift of gab
• Property lien relief program announced
• Making a masterpiece of your arts career
• Longtime banker new loan operations officer
• Charlotte Community Grant Recognition at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club
• County seeks volunteers for advisory groups
• Gallery Walk theme honors the sea
• RSW earns industry accolades for wildlife protection
• Punta Gorda Awards Dinner at the Isles Yacht Club
• Edison State releases Reflections magazine
• Beautiful Rooms for Beautiful Music
• Edison State College Recruiting Local Businesses for fall Job Fair
• Vertigo leads to questions about allergies
• Commissioner supports fix and release program
• The old pastime they share
• FPL offers businesses energy tips for savings
• Stroke Care Program awarded recertification
• Baby Boomer Sex
• Centennial offers tickets to Rays
• Surgeon offers $1,000 savings on LASIK
• Sullivan Street Craft Fair
• Palm dealership expands
• Glaucoma specialist joins Florida Eye Health
• Pirate’s Festival at Fishermen’s Village
• Ongoing events
• Punta Gorda chamber announces annual winners
• Parkinson’s education program debuts in Charlotte
• Hooked on Habitat Redfish Tournament at Laishley Park Pavilion
• Upcoming events
• Sandi Orgovan named artist of the month
• Robotic knee surgery alters outcomes at Peace River
• Sunart Gallery reception featuring art by Mary Taglieri
• Wednesday, Sept. 22
• PG Relay For Life to host Early Bird Registration
• food & wine CALENDAR
• Like cats and dogs
• Tuesday, Sept. 21
• ‘Deal of a lifetime’
• Value is in the eye of the beholder
• Pets of the Week
• Sunday, Sept. 19
• Local artist gives grill colorful new look
• Downturn, confusion lead to health coverage scams
• Safe driving means securing your pet
• Saturday, Sept. 18
• Some hot, some not:
• Equity investing can be a tricky mind game
• Nature’s purifier
• Friday, Sept. 17
• HOROSCOPES
• Chorale appoints executive director
• In search of the wreck
• Thursday, Sept. 16
• Chamber ensemble and full orchestra turning up
• Taking something for pain should be followed with taking antioxidants
• Safari in remote Namibia
• Sewing accessories, once central to women’s lives, now collectible curiosities
• H2U offers fun, friendship and good health
• Amnesty makes it easier to catch a break on back taxes
• This week on WGCU TV
• Eating healthy:
• Restaurants rally to keep local food pantries stocked
• Charlotte Players raises the curtain on 50th season
• PAST REPASTS
• Being Muslim in Southwest Florida
• The Beat Goes On
• Investors get a say on CEO compensation
• Charlotte Harbor Parrot Head third birthday celebration at Joe Cracker
• Galvan makes a clean return to the Bard
• Florida Main Street conference coming to Punta Gorda
• Doing the same old dirt
• Disabled workers workers — The vast and untapped talent pool
• The barrier islands: shifting sand, fact and lore
• Charlotte Harbor Subway under new ownership
• Eve Ensler: Bald, brave and beautiful
• Upcoming Events
• College focuses on employers’ needs
• Jenga high stakes: Protecting Florida’s manatees and ecosystems
• Monday, Sept. 13
• Charlotte Community Foundation awards $46,000 in grants
• Religion, sin and sacred ground
• Sunday, Sept. 12
• CAPSULES
• Suzanne Ellin earns CTFA designation
• Saturday, Sept. 11
• ‘Machete’
• Wahlburg to head up Taylor Contractors
• Friday, Sept. 10
• HOROSCOPES
• Red Cross hires new health and safety director
• Thursday, Sept. 9
• The Charlotte Community Foundation thanks you
• Johnson retires as ESC nursing coordinator
• This week’s theater
• Reflections on high cuisine and Peeps
• Big Boy Toy Expo at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• Worden Farm promotes Charlotte chamber’s new Green Committee
• Art in Public Places announces September artists
• Punta Gorda Chamber networking lunch at St. Andrews South
• News Briefs
• Punta Gorda Residents are Facing Foreclosure. The NFCC Can Help.
• Military Heritage Museum News - September 2010
• This week on WGCU TV
• FGCU offers QuickBooks seminar
• Crazy for Paws Pet Expo at the Cultural Center
• Thursday, Sept. 2
• While Irving Berlin rules, ‘I Love a Piano’ falters
• Evans appointed to Charlotte County TDC
• Blood Center’s Local Heroes Saving Lives at Vallacare
• This week’s theater
• Local bodybuilder brings MuscleMania to Charlotte
• Bank honored for teaching children
• Mysteries unfold around a sail’s pitch
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• CLYDE
• CCYP to host pirate party
• Rotten eggs and our broken democracy
• Fundraiser will offset kidney transplant costs
• Every woman needs a good protector
• Palm steps up to the plate for youth baseball
• The cipher-in-chief
• Arcadia appraisal day set for Sept. 11
• Voters approve tax exemption referendum
• The great natural peace that endures all torment
• Write why you should win a wedding
• Pushing The Envelope wins award
• CDBIA and Charlotte County Chamber Mixer at Light Ideas
• Officers — and their canines — unite in marriage
• Helping seniors dance through the golden years
• Our Charlotte Elder Affairs meeting at South Port Square
• 10th Anniversary Edison-Ford Winter Estates Foundation Gala
• Ongoing events
• Sea Grape celebrates summer artists of the month
• Security expert offers bike safety tips
• Candlelight vigil honors recovering addicts
• Upcoming events
• Sunart Gallery welcomes artist Mary Taglieri
• Study finds five new bacteria carried by houseflies
• Parrot Heads mark third birthday
• CAPSULES
• Genetics, lifestyle
• PGPD Jammers receive award
• Wednesday, Sept. 8
• ‘Takers’
• Charlotte cuisine: Food news and sound bites
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Tuesday, Sept. 7
• HOROSCOPES
• CDs and bonds carry their own sets of risks
• Entrepreneurial Academy established in Punta Gorda
• Monday, Sept. 6
• It pays to join
• Job fairs spring up despite sagging economy
• TIME TESTED
• Sunday, Sept. 5
• ‘Rat: A Novel’
• The Balancing Act of Culture & Commerce
• Fire and Ice at River City and Jack’s
• Saturday, Sept. 4
• Elaborate containers once held prized seasoning
• SWFL College provides grant opportunity for community service
• Bud Light Party Cruise Giveaway at Laishley Marina
• Friday, Sept. 3
• FLORIDA WEEKLY WRITING CHALLENGE
• Punta Gorda Club to become organics delivery site
• FGCU and The Jackson Laboratory agree to collaborate
• CAPSULES
• Cancer prevention from your own backyard
• United Way funds Edison retraining scholarships
• ‘The Switch’
• What happens when your child becomes sick?
• Air conditioning rebate program starts next week
• HOROSCOPES
• Ostomy support group
• KEY WEST AND BROWARD COUNTY REPORT.... DENGUE FEVER
• New ways of giving
• Wine lovers open up about what they’re enjoying now
• YMCA Safari Party at Bayfront Center YMCA
• We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden
• MHM new Membership Plus! program helps boost local economy
• Punta Gorda Speedway
• Ongoing events
• Local author releases second book for young readers
• Consultants often spot flaws businesses can’t
• Spartacus at Torch
• Upcoming events
• This week on WGCU TV
• A discussion about customers’ pet peeves
• A not-so-classy affair
• Wednesday, Sept. 1
• ‘Hot Time in the Old Town:
• Minority-owned
• Pets of the Week
• Sunday, Aug. 29
• A&H Council: the heart of the arts
• Southwest Florida franchise opens eighth store in Centennial State
• Be dog-safe
• Saturday, Aug. 28
• Just her type
• Olympian to address Blue Chip awards
• Exploring Boca Grande — or ‘big mouth’
• Friday, Aug. 27
• Maureen Stasi knows good times and fine wines
• Levine joins Stevens
• Mosque-issippi burning
• Thursday, Aug. 26
• Job, internship fair scheduled
• Obama’s Ground Zero dodge
• This week’s theater
• Soliday new president of airports council
• Greetings and salutations: Readers respond
• NEWS BRIEFS
• SCF and FGCU announce baccalaureate scholarship
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business After Hours at Lakes of Tuscana
• Pirate’s Festival set for Sept. 11
• Paul named leasing coordinator for Royal Palm
• Charlotte County Chamber Coffee at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• Edison-Ford student competition announced
• Sunday, Aug. 22
• The Business of Your Vote
• Remember Dec. 31 for online giving
• Physician joins Millennium group
• Gilded Grape Winery Customer Appreciation Night
• Saturday, Aug. 21
• Remembering a legend who will be missed: Patricia Neal
• Zany golf set to raise serious money
• Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club Kids’ Day with the Charlotte Stone Crabs
• Friday, Aug. 20
• Stone Crabs move to the playoffs
• PG ABWA chapter elects new board
• Southern belles trapped in the past
• Thursday, Aug. 19
• ‘Snapshots of Elvis’ coming to Charlotte
• CEO forum to be held Aug. 24
• Pets of the Week
• This week’s theater
• March of Dimes 21st annual Signature Chefs Auction on tap
• Suncoast Surgery awarded accreditation
• Get social
• Hope Healthcare offers program for frail elderly
• Florida Museum spotlights art by women
• Charlotte County tourism director to retire
• Some inside history on Charlotte Harbor
• Volunteers needed for county committees
• Art advocate to teach career development at Ringling
• Becker receives SFR designation
• News at 11: How climate change affects you
• NEWS BRIEFS
• ‘The Actor and the Housewife’
• Taylor joins Main Street
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR
• K9 corporal honored for bravery
• Get ready, get set, write! for our next fiction challenge
• Theatre Conspiracy’s new season features timeless classics, innovative new plays
• Taking responsibility for It
• Citizens graduate CCSO Police Academy
• Can you read the writing on the page?
• ART BRIEFS
• Edison State College and Charlotte Technical Center Partnership Ribbon-cutting
• UF researchers identifying, developing noninvasive plant varieties
• Last writes
• Lesley Frost fashions a chilling family psycho-drama
• Mary G. Stewart CPA ribbon-cutting
• Estate planners available for free consultation
• Kathy Burnam: From wallflower to a life in full bloom
• CAPSULES
• Ribbon-cutting at Salon Dauphine
• UPS drivers help local youth
• Ongoing events Ong
• Charlotte Today to return in September
• ‘The Expendables’
• Punta Gorda Chamber Business Over Breakfast at St. Andrews South Golf Club
• Florida residents believe in global warming, survey says
• Upcoming events
• The elephant in the investment room: risk
• HOROSCOPES
• Patient care involves more than medicine
• Wednesday, Aug. 25
• Considerations for starting a new business
• Radical design changed tea sets in the 1920s
• Keep things in focus during cataract awareness month
• Paranormal Activity
• Tuesday, Aug. 24
• Go out in a blaze of glory or learn how to properly quit your job
• This week on WGCU TV
• Trattoria Limoncello lives up to its Italian heritage
• Laishley Crab House first anniversary
• CAPSULES
• Local stroke program earns national attention
• Creative grilled food calls for equally worthy wine
• ‘Step Up 3D’
• Unemployment: The one figure that really matters
• H.E.L.P Feed Charlotte Redfish Tournament at Harpoon Harry’s
• Ongoing events
• HOROSCOPES
• Code name: Tinkerbell – Part 4
• Charlotte County Homeless Coalition’s Casino Night Fundraiser at Tapas One
• Upcoming events
• New definition of social good
• Pet sitters aren’t sitting still
• The Liar’s Club
• Wednesday, Aug. 18
• Let’s hear it for coming in second
• Herald Court Centre to add tenants
• Realtors embrace continuing education opportunities
• Tuesday, Aug. 17
• Pedestals a cornerstone of Victorian décor
• Renaissance Academy seeks instructors
• Pets of the Week
• Monday, Aug. 16
• This week on WGCU TV
• Photo
• Tick talk
• Sunday, Aug. 15
• Vicki Glynn: At home with her art
• Englewood resident receives appointment
• Unraveling mysteries on the water
• Saturday, Aug. 14
• The Diner Guy
• Work begins on replacement school
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR
• Friday, Aug. 13
• Crime storm leaves little in its wake
• FGCU workshop aims to help entrepreneurs
• If 2-1-1 goes away, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters?
• Thursday, Aug. 12
• Sales blitz promotes Charlotte Harbor area
• Annals of the Citizenship Clause, 2010
• This week’s theater
• Bank donates school supplies
• Historical Society Pineapple Tasting at the Woman’s Club
• Local veteran to receive VVA excellence award
• Alex Kava’s ‘Damaged’ has the goods
• Board of Realtors Business Card Exchange at Centennial Bank
• NEWS BRIEFS
• ARTS BRIEFS
• Red Cross offers first aid classes
• Charlotte inmates fish for their supper
• Recreating great works of art
• Summer is a good bone-building season
• Earthy delights
• Green iguanas are a fruitful, fast-moving invasive
• Charlotte Regional adds physicians to staff
• PAST REPASTS
• New panelized homes attract the energy-conscious
• Friday, Aug. 6
• VAC: Re-creating ‘The Creation’ and other great works
• Code name: Tinkerbell – Part 3
• Pets of the Week
• Thursday, Aug. 5
• WEBSITE BILLED AS ‘THE STRONGEST BIRTH CONTROL ON THE INTERNET’
• In with the old
• This week’s theater
• Pedaling his way through life toward health
• Entrepreneurial Acadamy accepting sponsorships
• Prevention is key
• Free Microsoft training available
• Local real estate company speeds up house hunting with cell search
• Savoring summer nights on the water
• SW Florida young farmers and ranchers host potluck
• VCB’s marketing program finalist for Flagler Award
• The art of the possible
• Worden Farm earns Florida Innovative Farmer Award
• New board officers begin term at Charlotte County Red Cross
• Wikileaks’ Afghan war diary
• BRIEFS
• Fawcett Memorial earns national recognition
• What kind of conservative are you?
• More than 20 Charlotte locations to display work by local artists in August
• My summer at Camp Blue Skies
• Punta Gorda Chamber Networking Lunch at Santhino’s
• NEWS BRIEFS
• CAPSULES
• OCEAN’s meeting at South Port Square
• Charlotte High School once again an icon of progress
• ‘Cat & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore’
• Redfish tourney benefits the needy
• Why Boca is so Grande
• Ongoing events
• HOROSCOPES
• Depression can be a nutrient deficiency
• The Fred Lang Foundation’s Summer Ball
• Upcoming events
• It’s later than you think
• Same time next year: make a date for your body’s annual review
• Boys and Girls Club Grillin’ and Chillin’
• Tuesday, Aug. 10
• Big Name Acts are nice, but don’t overlook the dark horses
• FIve things you can do to reduce your risk for a first stroke
• SWFL Wedding Expo at Charlotte Harbor Event Center
• Monday, Aug. 9
• Commerce and politics merge to create rare posters
• CUISINE NEWS
• First annual John Hall’s Goal Post Golf Tournament
• Sunday, Aug. 8
• This week on WGCU TV
• Hookah a hit in Punta Gorda
• Haven in the woods has a gritty side
• Saturday, Aug. 7
• ‘When the Game Was Ours’
• Savings abound for savvy deal-seekers
• Stuck in traffic
• The agony of the revolution
• CCSO sergeant brings home the gold
• CAPSULES
• Dog days of summer
• Charlotte Behavioral annual fundraiser is July 31
• ‘Salt’
• Punta Gorda Chamber After Hours at Turning Heads Salon
• Bank awards bonds to young artists
• HOROSCOPES
• Charlotte County Chamber Networking Lunch at Taco Del Mar
• Yacht Club to host special day for kids
• Ongoing events
• Making certain your donation counts
• Local child donates winnings to animal shelter
• Boys & Girls Club campers to present musical
• Upcoming events
• This week on WGCU TV
• Brain changes found in autism
• Here’s the buzz: Mosquitoes are out in full force
• Wednesday, Aug. 4
• Watches evolve and provide timeless treasures
• Fawcett teams up with the Stone Crabs to fight heart disease
• Classic Charlotte
• Tuesday, Aug. 3
• Come dream with me: Six things I love about ‘Inception’
• Insufficient sleep habits take a toll
• Singer/pianist Pat Walsh performs at Fishermen’s Village
• Monday, Aug. 2
• ‘Hellbound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for
• One Eleven celebrates flavors of urban chic
• C.A.R.E. at Pies & Plates
• Sunday, Aug. 1
• Gerro goes full space ahead
• Bond market tougher to call as municipalities wrestle with falling revenue
• Beware the towels of strangers
• Saturday, July 31
• Sarasota Broadway
• Book suggests using slow summer to build business
• Herald Court a draw for tenant prospects
• Friday, July 30
• Having tasted bitter and sweet, survivor chooses sweet
• Look no further for your plants
• Acreage still in demand despite real estate slump
• Thursday, July 29
• Solar solution?
• Pets of the Week
• This week’s theater
• Millennium’s Burt moves to Punta Gorda
• Modern marvels
• News Briefs
• Ellin graduates from trust school
• Cabbage Key, a journey into paradise
• Blood drives planned in Charlotte
• Charlotte Harbor Subway under new ownership
• The job for the deficit doves
• School Carnival donations accepted
• Chamber Foundation names Reynolds to new caucus system
• Taylor Road area popular with businesses
• Saturday, July 24
• Salad days
• Bankers graduate from Leadership Charlotte
• Pets of the Week
• Friday, July 23
• Dancing through each rendition of her life
• Marian Pritt named personal banker
• Know your risks
• Thursday, July 22
• Hollinger retiring from Cultural Center Board
• Scallop feast tops off another day in paradise
• This week’s theater
• Right Before My Eyes
• Haiti, six months after the earthquake
• RED CROSS BRIEFS
• CAPSULES
• Time for something completely different
• Exhibit explores Frankenstein story and modern implications
• The little things that make us free
• Goodwill has has a deal for thrifty shoppers
• ‘Inception’
• Seeport Optometry Ribbon Cutting
• VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
• HOROSCOPES
• Charlotte DeSoto Building Industry Association Mixer at Monarch Printing
• NEWS BRIEFS
• This week on WGCU TV
• When your muscles hurt all over
• Green Futures Expo takes place at event center
• Classic pottery cats and pigs back in production
• Don’t procrastinate when it comes to mammograms
• Local youth program wins Carl D. Perkins Grant
• The keys to a great website
• Family company takes patients to the skies
• Charlotte jail expansion complete
• Bookshelf porn, Henry VIII and the far side of the moon
• PAST REPASTS
• LOUISIANA AND OTHER GULF STATES GORGE ON MONEY FROM OFFSHORE DRILLING LEAVING US IN FLORIDA NOTHING
• Ongoing events
• Charlotte Chorale selects new executive director
• Brazilian economy enjoying a carnival of its own
• Dancin’ in the Aisles — BoogieMen Benefit Concert at the Cultural Center
• Upcoming events
• Plans shaping up for Wine & Jazz Festival
• Optimum office temperatures are a work of science
• Noche Caliente, a Latin-inspired night at River City Grill
• Tuesday, July 27
• ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
• The business world’s tiny giants
• Decluttering emotional baggage
• Sunday, July 25
• Corkscrew’s ‘Super Ghost’ explodes with multiple blooms
• Military Heritage Museum June 2010 Program
• Military Heritage Museum Announces 2010 Wall of Warriors' Inductee
• Military Heritage Museum May 2010 Program
• Leavin' on a Jet Plane: A Tribute to the USO
• Military Heritage Museum News - December 14, 2009
• Local Author is World-Wide Success Story
• Random Acts of Gratitude
• Governor Crist Applauds Florida’s Emergency Managers, First Responders.....
• Museum Honors BG Rufus C. Lazzell
• Pow Presentation
• Punta Gorda Sullivan Street Craft Festival
• New Sailing Club is Southwest Florida's Best Getaway
• South County Regional Park Adult Flag Football
• CCYP 2008 Elections
• Ballroom Dancing

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