Englewood News

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office will pay special attention to traffic enforcement at these locations Nov.

It was as though the air atop the ridge was alive and screaming with pain. Machine gun bullets ripped through it in a harsh whisper, traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. SALES McDonald Mariners Landing LLC bought a 4.6-acre waterfront gated community of 21 single-family home sites with three constructed homes at 1500 New Point Comfort Road, Englewood, from Regional Properties Inc.

It took fireighters over an hour to control an early morning fire in South Gulf Cove today but no one appeared to be injured, the Charlotte County Fire/EMS Department reported.

Organizers for the Empty Bowls fundraiser know times are tough for Charlotte County residents.

"How can you be against a baby grand tree?" asked Henry Rodriguez during the Sarasota County Commission meeting on Nov.

After a sometimes contentious two-hour discussion, county commissioners put the brakes on fixed bus routes that would have served two major road corridors.

Charlotte County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 23-year-old Englewood man suspected of running over a woman last month and leaving her beside the road, bloodied and badly injured.

A local man who fled the scene of an accident in which his car ran over a woman two weeks ago was arrested Friday, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report.

Phil Snyder is lacing up his tennis shoes. The reason: He's getting ready for the Suncoast Humane Society's Jingle Bell Walk on Dec.

Sarasota County Area Transit implements changes in bus routes and schedules today .

The Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority reviewed plans Thursday to add another 26 million gallons per day in capacity by developing $750 million in projects over the next 20 to 40 years.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a recent incident in Englewood in which a woman was found crawling along the road, bloodied and disoriented.

Less than a month after Charlotte County Parks and Recreation removed garbage cans and a cigarette butt receptacle from tiny Bay Heights Park on Lemon Bay, the trash is accumulating.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrested a Fort Myers pilot Monday on a warrant stemming from a July 20 incident of low flying.

Ann Dever had a full life. An Englewood resident, she seemed to be involved with almost every organization in town.

The Beirut building is coming down -- finally. The owner of the dilapidated, unfinished building, a longtime eyesore in Englewood, dropped a court appeal and Charlotte County plans to demolish the structure, Commissioner Robert Skidmore said Friday.

When the bottom fell out of the building industry, Jason Roach needed a new way to make a living.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Economic Crimes Unit detectives arrested two people Tuesday and are saying a major counterfeiting operation in the Englewood area has been shut down.

Nine-year-old Ryer Schermerhorn had the birthday party he wanted -- bowling with 16 of his friends.