Englewood News

SUN PHOTO BY TOM CHANG, tchang@sun-herald.com Teri Hagerty is her father, William "Doc" Williams', caregiver.

SUN PHOTO BY TAMI GARCIA, tgarcia@sun-herald.com Charlotte County commissioners, from left, Bill Truex, Stephen R. Deutsch and Ken Doherty, climb the new rock wall Wednesday evening, during the Charlotte County Community Services presentation of Rock On at the Tringali Recreation Center in Englewood.

Employing "something old" in its recent fundraising campaign, the United Way of Charlotte County soared past its goal of $900,000, reaching $944,000. "I don't know what exactly to attribute it to," said executive director Carrie Blackwell Hussey.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Englewood Area Cancer Foundation held its one-year anniversary celebration Thursday evening at the Gulf View Grill on Manasota Key.

With state Rep. Doug Holder, R-Venice, facing term limits next year, Dr. Julio Gonzalez, an orthopedic surgeon from Venice, is off to an impressive head start as he looks to represent parts of Sarasota County.

It is official, Super Boat racing is coming to Charlotte County. Commissioners wrote a check Tuesday and soon they'll be signing contracts.

SUN PHOTO BY TOM CHANG, tchang@sun-herald.com Teri Hagerty is her father, William "Doc" Williams', caregiver.

Around 1 p.m. when he was riding it, the batteries died and he was forced to leave it at the corner of Edmonton Avenue and Euston Avenue in East Englewood.

ENGLEWOOD, Fla.- An Englewood man reported that his motorized wheelchair, valued at $6,000, was taken after it broke down in the area of Edmonton and Euston Avenues mid-day Monday.

Are you ready Englewood? It's time to put on your dark glasses and feather boas because the the theme for the 2013, 57th Annual Pioneer Days Parade to be held on Labor Day, September 2, 2013 has been announced.

PHOTO PROVIDED Martha Ritchie Blenner, who once ran Englewood's Meals on Wheels program, was a mother to "all of Englewood," says her daughter, Janet Hough.

But it was not a wild pig that had crashed through the End Zone doors. It was Wanda Lou Wynette's little baby daughter, Ray Lee Dawn Chung.

Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida has identified a potential new site in Englewood to offer primary health care to uninsured and underinsured patients in Charlotte County, and currently is negotiating with doctors to provide those services, Charlotte County Health Department officials announced Tuesday.

A Manasota Key man dodged a bullet Thursday during an alleged drug deal gone bad, but was injured grabbing for his accused assailant's gun, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES Before heading back to Greenfield, Ind., for the summer, Wanda and Steve Reilly attended the National Day of Prayer gathering Thursday outside the Charlotte County Administration Building in Murdock, as is their custom every year, wherever they are.

Six months after being charged with multiple counts of sexual battery on two 15-year-old girls, an Englewood man is back in jail after authorities say he had sex again with one of the girls, according to a Sarasota County Sheriff's report.

Rich Vega and business partner Brian Kryzanski just opened a new Englewood based business.

"Wilhelm, just answer the phone." The former KGB agents' partner in crime, the lovely Olga Makersmarkarova, was losing patience.

SARASOTA — A 24-year-old Englewood man sustained a serious head injury when his motorized Schwinn bicycle was hit by a Toyota Camry.

Sharon Winesett, a letter carrier with the Punta Gorda Post Office, knows how important the National Association of Letters Carriers food drive is for Charlotte County.