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Punta Gorda, Florida is located in Charlotte County. Zip codes in Punta Gorda, FL include 33982, 33950, and 33955. More Punta Gorda information.

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Yesterday | North Port Sun

1 part chili, 1 part beer, 3 parts fun

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com Tammy Sperrazza, left, and Tiffany Meyer of Team Charlotte Crossing Apartments serve a customer at one of 20 booths competing in a chili cook-off Saturday in Laishley Park in Punta Gorda.

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Yesterday | North Port Sun

Banjo Bash to raise funds for lessons

MELLINGER John Wildemann, president of the Gulf Coast Banjo Society, with the handmade banjo he'll be playing at Banjo Bash Friday and Saturday at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center in Punta Gorda.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

North Port Sun

Walter F. Parenteau

Walter F. Parenteau, 80, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte, Fla.

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WINK-TV Fort Myers

Deep Creek man for molesting 8-year-old boy multiple times

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives arrested a Deep Creek man Thursday for Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of an 8-year-old boy.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Capital Soup

Cheney Brothers Expansion to Charlotte Co. to Net 380 Jobs

Riviera Beach-based food distributor Cheney Brothers Inc. has announced plans to begin construction in 2012-13 on a 250,000-square-feet distribution center in Charlotte County.

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North Port Sun

John F. Boldt

John Frederick Boldt, 72, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

North Port Sun

Trying on philanthropy hat

SUN PHOTO BY PATTIE MIHALIK Ilyssa Mensing, 8, and Emily Mensing, 6, of Punta Gorda were the youngest people to attend a High Tea and Hats fundraiser Saturday to raise money for working women to gain higher education.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Venice Gondolier

Report: Infant in freezer was stillborn

The State Attorney's Office is satisfied with the Charlotte County Medical Examiner's report that determined the dead infant found in the freezer of a Punta Gorda home last week was stillborn.

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News Press

Dead baby found in Punta Gorda freezer likely stillborn, authorities say

A 30-second walk from The Franklin Shops two doors down, The Nest is a slim slipper of a space with... The dead baby found in a Punta Gorda freezer last month is believed to have been stillborn, according to a state attorney's office report filed Monday.

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North Port Sun

Local right-to-die activist hails Georgia Supreme Court decision

Punta Gorda resident Ted Goodwin praised the Georgia Supreme Court for its decision to strike down the state's assisted suicide law this week, a decision that effectively clears Goodwin of any charges and allows him to resume working with the Final Exit Network, a right-to-die nonprofit organization.

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WINK-TV Fort Myers

Medical examiner's report released in Smallwood's case

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla.- New information is surfacing in the case of the infant who was found in a freezer in a Punta Gorda home.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Charlotte County murderer appeals to get off death row

PORT CHARLOTTE Fla.- Dwight Eaglin was sentenced to death in 2006 for killing prison guard Darla Lathrem and inmate Charles Fuston in an attempted escape.

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North Port Sun

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SUN PHOTO BY SANDY PRAY Regine Peterson, 7, of Punta Gorda rolls on the water at one of the attractions at the Charlotte County Fair.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

North Port Sun

Fair off to blue-ribbon start

With its contests for critters from rabbits to roosters and rides that vary from a Ferris wheel to the infamous Nitro, the 2012 Charlotte County Fair hasn't changed much since it was started 24 years ago.

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North Port Sun

Richard M. DeSanto

Richard M. DeSanto, 94, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

North Port Sun

Robert R. Gill

Robert R. "Bob" Gill, 75, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at his residence in Punta Gorda.

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North Port Sun

A day for the ladies

SUN PHOTO BY KARIN LILLIS Peace River Regional Medical Center's Joyce Harrynarine, RN, left, checks Janine Salvo's blood glucose level.

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WDBO-AM Orlando

Fla. inmates pick 6,400 pounds of oranges

Inmates in one southwest Florida county picked 6,400 pounds of free oranges for their jail and local homeless shelters.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

North Port Sun

Mission team sets off for Haiti

PHOTO PROVIDED The Burnt Store Haiti Mission Team is pictured Jan.29 at its mission trip commissioning ceremony during a church service.

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North Port Sun

Welcome to 'Turnaround Town'

Realtor.com, an online real estate magazine, put the Punta Gorda metropolitan area - which includes all of Charlotte County - back on its Top Ten Turnaround Town List this month.

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