PADDLE PUNTA GORDA 2024 Date: Saturday, November 23Website: https://teampuntagorda.orgEvent DescriptionTEAM Punta Gorda, “Volunteers For A Better Community,” invites you to paddle the scenic waters of Punta Gorda, choosing from five distinct launch sites: Webb Lake, Ponce Park, Nav-A-Gator Grill, William R. Gaines Veterans Memorial Park, or Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center. Each kayak trail tour will […]

ALL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Burnt Store Marina is excited to announce final plans are now in place for our veterans’ fundraising events to benefit Wish for Our Heroes. Wish for Our Heroes is a national 501(c)(3) that grants wishes around the world. Through 2023, Wish for Our Heroes has provided more than $30 […]

Rather than being fearful, humans should embrace our beneficial-winged neighbors. The Sunshine State harbors 13 species of what might be man’s best friend—or at least the second best: bats, all of them hungry insectivores in a state now home to 80 of the world’s 3,600 species of mosquito. That family of small flies is widely […]

Florida is a top producer of avocados, but agriculturalists fear the spread of a 20-year-old disease called laurel wilt will continue to negatively impact the fruits’ harvest in commercial industry areas throughout the state. Due to the intricacy of combating the invasive redbay ambrosia beetles that carry the fungus, avocado groves and other flora continue […]

BE CAREFUL! GATORS ARE ON THE MOVE. THIS ONE RECENTLY APPEARED IN OUR YARD, AND WE’RE NOT ON ANY OF THE LAKES!

I would be remiss if I ignored our big four critters. They are the panther, black bear, feral pigs, and pythons. I previously wrote about alligators. These guys are in their own category because they can cause significant damage to folks in the wrong situations—although it would be extremely unlikely. But, hey, Mother Nature plays […]

At the September 10 Charlotte County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, Planning Department staff presented a proposal to hire a consultant to oversee a meeting between Charlotte and Lee County communities, including incorporated Punta Gorda and Cape Coral, to identify residents’ concerns. The proposed timeline for that meeting was January 2025 with a cost of $10,000. […]

Effective September 30, 2024, there were 106 new homes with approved construction applications. Fifty-nine (59) new homes have received Certificates of Occupancy in the current fiscal year (October 2023 to September 2024). There were eight (8) Single- Family Home Applications reviewed by ARC in September. Five (5) of these were recommended for approval. Seven (7) […]

The following is an update to our previous communication regarding the County Road Paving Program in Burnt Store Lakes. From a timing standpoint, the project has been moved back to commence in February of 2025 and finish in March to April of 2025. At this point, there is no set schedule in terms of which […]

Over the centuries, everyone’s favorite spooky holiday has evolved from a festival with religious origins to a night dedicated to mischief and mayhem to one of the most commercialized celebrations of the year.  The holiday dates back more than 2,000 years. Halloween is even older than Christianity itself. It all started as a pre-Christian Celtic festival called Samhain, […]