Florida Weekly - Charlotte County

12/16/2025

Harbour Health Center at South Port Square recognized by U.S. News & World Report

Harbour Health Center at South Port Square has been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for 2026 (health.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes) by U.S. News & World Report. Since its debut in 2009, the annual U.S. News Best Nursing Homes analysis has served as a critical resource, providing trusted, data-driv...

12/15/2025

A very special dog waiting for a very special home

The Cape Coral Animal Shelter would like to share a Christmas story unlike any other—one filled with hope, heartbreak, resilience, and the unwavering spirit of a dog named Jingle. On December 6, 2020, a tiny litter arrived at our shelter from the Redlands outside Miami: five sweet puppies and thei...

12/14/2025

🕎🕯️ Celebrating the Festival of Lights! 🕯️🕎

Happy Hanukkah from our family to yours!

12/14/2025

Audubon Western Everglades launches ‘Nature Where We Live’

Audubon Western Everglades announced a biodiversity campaign dubbed “Nature Where We Live” aimed primarily at saving pollinators. On a large scale, North America has lost nearly 30% of its birds in the past 50 years. And, more than 40% of the world’s insects, including pollinators essential to...

12/13/2025

Ray Peters hopes his shops will provide for his daughters, especially his youngest with special needs

The Peters family moved from New Hampshire to North Port 16 years ago to get away from the cold. So, of course, now they’re in the ice cream business. The Q Too Ice Cream Shop opened at the Port Charlotte Town Center mall in June. Co-owner Ray Peters hopes it will create a legacy for his children,...

12/13/2025

Welcome to this beautifully upgraded, custom Edison model by DR Horton — offering 1,984 square feet under air, with three spacious bedrooms, a versatile office/den and two full bathrooms.

Welcome to this beautifully upgraded, custom Edison model by DR Horton — offering 1,984 square feet under air, with three spacious bedrooms, a versatile office/den and two full bathrooms. Located 11666 Parrotfish in a highly sought-after area of Venice in the gated community of Caribbean Village, ...

12/12/2025

All events during its run this season to be held in Sarasota

For 22 years, the Perlman Music Program Suncoast (PMP Suncoast) has brought the celebrated Perlman Music Program (PMP) Winter Residency to Sarasota, establishing it as a cornerstone of the region’s cultural season. Under the guidance of renowned violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman and his wife,...

12/12/2025

For 33 years, Englewood Methodist Church has offered a free Christmas Day dinner to members of the community.

For 33 years, Englewood Methodist Church has offered a free Christmas Day dinner to members of the community. This year, they’re doing it again. Joy and music fill the air as hundreds of cheerful volunteers quickly seat guests to enjoy the turkey feast (served restaurant-style only). Show up witho...

12/11/2025

Here's what's happening around town this week

TOP PICKS performs live at TT's Tiki Bar at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. 33 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda. 941-637-6770 or www.ttspg.com. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” through Dec. 21. A vibrant retelling of the nativity with gospel, blues, spir...

12/11/2025

Too often, it seems, Florida’s environmental news isn’t good because the current crop of Floridians reacted too slowly to the actions taken by previous crops of Floridians.

Too often, it seems, Florida’s environmental news isn’t good because the current crop of Floridians reacted too slowly to the actions taken by previous crops of Floridians. Case in point: the rainbow snake. “The FWC is requesting submission of observations of the rainbow snake in Glades County...

12/10/2025

Florida Rep’s production explores the fallout of Scrooge’s long, strange night in this spirited stage adaptation

A year after his life-altering Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is back in the spotlight — not as a reformed philanthropist, but as a plaintiff. In “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge,” premiering on Dec. 2 at Florida Repertory Theatre, the transformed miser hauls Jacob Marley and the three Christma...

12/09/2025

Fort Myers Retired Major General James L. Dozier celebrated

The feature film Dozier will be shown during a private screening at Collaboratory on Dec. 10, 2025. The two-hour film, directed by Max Leonida, recounts the harrowing 1981 kidnapping of Fort Myers resident, retired Major General James L. Dozier. In 1981, Dozier lived in Verona, Italy, with his wife....