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 […]

Interested in playing bocce? Join the Bocce Group every Tuesday at the NE side of the Burnt Store Marina Parking lot from 3 – 5 p.m. Never played? Come and learn with area residents. For information, contact Barbie Newmin At [email protected].

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 […]

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, […]

Many anglers who fish Charlotte Harbor prefer to fish with live bait. Excluding harbor shrimp, there are fifteen species of bait fish that roam the harbor. The following bait fish have been identified as spending some part of their life cycle in Charlotte Harbor. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission have sampled the harbor to identify […]

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 […]

Like many wintertime Florida residents, my early years of fishing were spent trailering fishing boats around the Great Lakes in pursuit of salmon, walleye, bass, and perch – with great success, I might add, bringing countless hours of enjoyment over the last 60 years or so. Well, then, what could be so different about fishing […]

BSM Blood Drive Schedule for 2026 Mark Your Calendar – January 19 and March 23, 2026, Always on Monday 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Wow! Monday, November 10 was a great day for blood donations. The Big Red Bus was quite busy collecting 29 units of blood, which marks a very successful blood drive for […]