The Fitness Club wishes each of you a happy, healthy, and successful new year. Our club IS the place where fitness, friends, and fun connect—especially when our seasonal and snowbird friends are sharing time with us. I love walking over to the club and seeing all the smiling faces. While we look back on 2025, […]

Are you thinking about updating your home? Any changes to the exterior of residences in Burnt Store Marina (BSM) are required to have Architectural Review Committee (ARC) approval. This applies to all homes, as well as homes in a condo association. If this approval is not granted through ARC, you may be asked to modify […]

The Burnt Store Marina Dog Park is celebrating their one-year anniversary this January. We sure have come a long way from a field of weeds to a beautiful park for our wonderful dogs, and their owners to meet and play. We continue to try to improve the park as we increase funds. We appreciate our […]

Traditions are the religious, social, and cultural threads that weave generations together, helping to promote a sense of belonging. It’s everywhere in our society – celebrations, customs, or shared beliefs. Tradition brings us together year after year, to share with family, friends, and neighbors. While the world is ever changing, traditions are not. You can […]

One day last winter, I was chatting with a friend, Jamie Jones, about sailing, writing and a myriad of other topics when he suggested that I add to my nautical book review series with an article about single-handed around-the-world sailing adventure books. We spent a fun half hour regaling each other with our individual favorites, […]

In 2026, the Cape Coral Dragon Boat Club will celebrate a remarkable milestone: 20 years of paddling, racing, teamwork, and community spirit. The club began in 2006, when a small group of friends in Burnt Store Marina formed the Charlotte Harbor Paddlers. As the team grew, and its activities shifted to the Burnt Store Boat […]

January, as the first month of the new year, gives us a chance to start over. Forget the bad, and cultivate last year’s good into great. New Year’s Day is the most celebrated holiday around the world – a time for new ideas, new friends, new activities and challenges. Make every day in January a […]

The Tricolored Heron is mostly blue, with a white belly and a brownish back. Sometimes the white extends up the underside of its throat. At 26” the Tricolored Heron is slightly longer than the more common Little Blue Heron. It has several hunting techniques that make it unique. It will fly over shallow water, dragging […]