Nancy Semon

Punta Gorda City Council and various boards and committees have been meeting in the Military Heritage Museum’s Gulf Theater.

The acreage purchased by Copart of Connecticut Inc. was part of the Hall Family Ranch at 40380 Bermont Road.

After about $6.9 million in repairs and renovations to Mid-County Regional Library in Port Charlotte, the library is expected to reopen in 2026.

Former businessman and artist David Sussman, has found a safe, flood-proof homestead after he lost several homes and studios to hurricanes.

Punta Gorda City Council and the city’s various committees and boards will no longer use the Military Heritage Museum as a meeting venue.

It’s been more than 10 months since the approval of demolition of the Cultural Center to replace it with a new facility.

Members and supporters of No Tag Lakeside plan to attend the Jan. 28 Board of County Commissioners land-use meeting to protest the project.

The vacant City Marketplace acreage in downtown Punta Gorda hit the market recently with a $12 million price tag.

It had been only a week since former Florida Gulf Coast University student Maddox Burns took possession of his first coffee franchise truck, but he was busy Jan. 25 when adults and children lined up at Babcock Ranch to purchase one of his more than two dozen beverages.

The president of an area Realtors association said although there was a small uptick in Charlotte County home sales in December, the future for a robust market depends on lower mortgage interest rates and the cost of insurance.