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The Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda is marking Veterans Day with a recitation of War Tales. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.
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Governor Charlie Crist paid a visit to Punta Gorda Thursday marking the 5 th Anniversary of the day Category 4 Hurricane Charley made landfall in the small gulf coast city. He spoke at the newly built Charlotte Harbor Event Center – which sits on the site of the old municipal auditorium destroyed by...
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News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has been writing about the City of Palm’s most famous resident, Thomas Edison, for about 20 years. This week she explores the last chapter of the inventor’s life.
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General Motors may be bankrupt – but a shining example of its glory days is thriving in Punta Gorda. WGCU’s Valerie Alker recently visited Rick Treworgy’s Muscle Car Museum and prepared this report.
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The Southwest Florida Museum of history hopes to attract English and Spanish residents with its new audio tours. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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State Road 80 east from Ft. Myers in Lee County meanders through many older communities. There are the river towns of Alva, Olga, and Ft. Denaud. (duh-no) And on the south side of roadway there’s Charleston Park. If you weren’t looking for it – you’d never know it was there. But it has been since 1926...
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Sometimes in the course of our lives we assign symbolism to material objects. So when the objects are taken away or destroyed...how do we cope? For News Press essayist Amy Bennett Williams it's food for thought...
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The Holiday season in Florida has always been wide open to new traditions – chestnuts don’t grow here and open fires are superfluous when balmy breezes blow. In this week’s essay News Press Writer Amy Bennett Williams recalls a one-time holiday tradition on Captiva that embodied the true spirit of the...
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There's a special exhibit about Roberto Clemente at the North Collier Regional Park. The show runs through December 27th. WGUC's Luis Hernandez recently spoke with producer Bernardo Ruiz about his award winning documentary of Roberto Clemente. The film aired on PBS American Experience
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A piece of history is at Florida Gulf Coast University this week. The University hosts a Holocaust-era boxcar to teach students and the community about the atrocities of genocide. WGCU’s Katie Pankow reports.
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