Charlotte Harbor News

A local park is only four blocks from the church where I serve as pastor. Often I will go over to the park during the lunch hour and enjoy the picturesque view of Charlotte Harbor.

A draft study on phosphate mining released Wednesday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contemplates the Peace and Myakka river watersheds undergoing another 400 square miles of strip mining over the next 50 years.

SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA Charlotte Harbor School Class of 2012 graduates get ready to recieve their diplomas Friday morning in the school's gymnasium.

Arthur Rieser caught his redfish on a Hot One II charter with Cape Coral Capt. Roy Bennett.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS charprom051312a Four kings and two queens reigned over the 2012 Charlotte Harbor Center prom last Friday evening at the Port Charlotte Beach Complex.

PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN A tractor tows "pans" to convert a 1,000-acre former clay settling area into a filter marsh as part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Lake Hancock project.

Les Kajtsa, a medical assistant in Charlotte Harbor, became the second person to challenge City Commission Chair Tom Jones for Seat 2 when he filed on Tuesday.

Everyone is getting ready to enjoy the summer here in southwest Florida. Memorial Day is just around the corner.

Enjoy a beautiful day out on the water tomorrow, while helping to keep our local ecosystem healthy and beautiful.

PHOTO PROVIDED An honor guard pays tribute to fallen law enforcement officers. A ceremony is planned this year for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Fraternal Order of Police-Robert E. Lister Memorial Lodge 66 in Charlotte Harbor.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives arrested a Charlotte Harbor man for having sex with a 14-year-old habitual runaway girl.

Cypress Falls at the Woodlands is an upscale, resort, gated 55+ community located in North Port, FL which is in southern Sarasota County.A It is just off of the Gulf coast and is close to Charlotte Harbor and has easy access to I-75 from Toledo Blade Blvd.A North Port has been growing for several years and there are shopping, grocery, golf, medical ... (more)

PHOTO PROVIDED Members of the Vietnam Brotherhood donated thousands of aluminum can pop tops to the Military Heritage Museum.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives arrested Warren David Lee Thompson, 28, of 4718 North Fairway Drive, on charges for having sex with a 14-year-old runaway girl multiple times.

Chad Knight of Punta Gorda killed this 12.5-inch lionfish Sunday less than one mile off Cayo Costa.