Welcome to PortCharlotteVoice.com

PortCharlotteVoice.com is Port Charlotte's digital meeting place, dedicated to helping you publish your own news, opinions, events, photos and videos. At PortCharlotteVoice.com, you take the lead in telling your story.

PortCharlotteVoice.com is a place for all of Port Charlotte's voices - including individuals, organizations and businesses. Here, you'll be able to:

• Share your news: This site offers a way to share your wedding anniversaries, news from recent family reunions, announcements about your child's graduation and memories of a recent vacation.
• Share your photos: The old cliché, "A picture is worth a thousand words," has its basis in fact. Don't just tell us your story - SHOW us, too. Share your child's summer camp experiences, your Friday night football adventures, your Caribbean cruise, your cat's crazy antics. And you can do it with still photos or video.
• Share your events: There is a lot going on around Port Charlotte. Post advance news of your activity through an interactive calendar, then tell us all about in words and photos after the fact.
• Meet each other: Not only will we feature local organizations and local bloggers so you can meet each other; we will also offer staff blogs and opportunities to meet reporters and editors working in the community.
• See it in print: Later this fall, a print publication will accompany PortCharlotteVoice.com. News and information posted on the Web site will be featured in a weekly newspaper and distributed to thousands of homes - Herald-Tribune subscribers and non-subscribers alike - in Port Charlotte.

Our mission is to make PortCharlotteVoice.com a conversation. With your help, we will continue to improve and connect the Port Charlotte community online.

We ask that you maintain a civil atmosphere at PortCharlotteVoice.com. Act as you would like your neighbors to act. If you have questions about this, please review our Terms of Service or contact site coordinator Cindy Stiff at cindy.stiff@heraldtribune.com.

Some of the news and information you post at PortCharlotteVoice.com may be published in the Herald-Tribune or the Port Charlotte Voice print edition. By posting here, you grant us permission to publish your information in print. We may edit items selected for the newspaper. Please be sure to keep you email address with PortCharlotteVoice.com and HeraldTribune.com up to date so we can contact you if necessary.