Editor: Regarding your first article on retirees moving to Florida. I encourage you to refer to a dictionary — your continual use of the word immigrant in regards to retirees moving to Florida is incorrect and offensive. An immigrant is … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: Mayor John Holick should be praised for his decision to open the Venice Community Center during hurricane Irma. I’ve know John over 30-year years. As a financial consultant and later branch manager he was taught to follow the prudent … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: Thanks for giving your readers the positions of Sarasota County Commissioner Hines and Venice City Mayor Holic with respect to the Venice Community Center emergency shelter during Irma. As a resident of the city of Venice and a resident … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: In the Sept. 10 letters to the editor in the Sun, a writer presented the most sensible, factual points I have read yet regarding the “progress” of our town. I add. Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda are very appealing … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: My husband’s health conditions require special monitoring equipment. The Tuesday before Irma, our pastor gave us a telephone number to call to register for a special needs shelter. We called and requested the shelter’s address to check with our … Find out how to read more online.

There was no place in this state where Floridians could hide from Hurricane Irma. With the storm having passed — and new systems forming — the state’s leaders can’t hide from the realities that Irma exposed. Nearly 6 million people … Find out how to read more online.

OUR POSITION: The opening of Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation program in Punta Gorda marks a significant positive step into Charlotte’s future. Charlotte County Commissioner Stephen R. Deutsch said it will “change the future of Charlotte County.” Commission Chairman … Find out how to read more online.

OUR POSITION: Florida Gulf Coast University is rapidly growing into a nationally recognized institution of higher learning — an accomplishment that should not mean less emphasis on Southwest Florida. Florida Gulf Coast University is seeing exciting growth — going from … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: Last week was a horror for our 94-year-old parents, who live in Rotonda West. They were afraid that no one would evacuate them and that they would perish in flood waters. We helplessly tried to reassure them that they … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: This would be the perfect time for your paper and every other newspaper in Florida to conduct a survey. A questionnaire in the paper and on your website. Did you stay or evacuate? If you stayed, where, what type … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: It goes without saying that all of us in Punta Gorda have just experienced one of the worst weeks of our life. From the physical effort of preparation, the emotional stress of worry and uncertainty, the long hours parked … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: I would like to thank everyone who volunteered to work in the shelters in our area. I know some people had to be sent to other shelters and were inconvenienced. Some had tried to call and couldn’t get through. … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: We evacuated in the wee hours of Wednesday morning before Irma arrived. One thing I’d like to make note of: While we were evacuated, and especially during Hurricane Irma, our local CBS-TV (WINK Live) online, had amazing, educational and … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: We went to Kingsway Elementary school when we received a mandatory evacuation message from the county. The parking lot was almost full when we arrived around 11 a.m. The school was locked down at 2 p.m.  The school was exceptionally … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: Many, many thanks to Mayor John Holic and to the administrative staff of Venice for providing an excellent shelter from the devastating winds of Hurricane Irma. The Venice Community Center provided more than adequate relief from a very powerful … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: I am writing you regarding the article by Jim Gouvellis in Tuesday’s edition of the Sun. I am sorry the paper even allowed this article to be printed. It is nothing more than pure garbage. If anything, it belongs … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: My husband and I live in Punta Gorda, and we had to decide like so many — do we stay or do we go? We went and took shelter at our son’s home in Port Charlotte. After returning to … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: After reading the headlines about the nursing room tragedy in Hollywood, Florida, I want to let everyone know that South Port Square knows how to treat its residents right. My mother, Marie McDermott, is almost 97 years old. As … Find out how to read more online.

Editor: We just wanted to give a “thank you shout out” to a few local businesses that helped us get through Hurricane Irma. First to Gulf Coast Hardware for being open on the Saturday right before Irma hit so we … Find out how to read more online.

Facing final authorization of a $100-million economic development project Tuesday, the North Port City Commission spent an extraordinary amount of time in a dense thicket. Parsing minute technicalities of a multi-party contract which had been thoroughly vetted by state and … Find out how to read more online.