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Rental registration fee discussion to continue Wednesday

Rental registration fees will be back for discussion at Cape Coral City Council's workshop on Wednesday. Councilmember Jennifer Nelson-Lastra established a volunteer stakeholder’s group that discussed the fee and provided some recommendations as to how much the city should charge the mandatory registration of rental properties in the city. The city currently charges a one-time fee of $35 and proposed to raise it to $600 per year, per unit. The city currently has 6,522 registered rentals. Based on "ready-to-serve methodology" — the number staff deemed needed to assure compliance to city regulations — the city computed its costs at $441 per rental for administration, police, and ...

Lee schools welcome students

Monday morning, as most Lee County schools kicked off the 2025-26 school year, a line of eager students and parents snaked around Trafalgar Elementary School at 1850 S.W. 20th Avenue. Older brothers held the hands of younger sisters, and cousins greeted one another enthusiastically as – one ...

All Abilities Play gets major fundraising assist

A driven Cape Coral mother along with partner advocates working to bring a first-of-its-kind playground to Cape Coral now have teamed up with a major non-profit to raise funds.  Collaboratory has established a new fiscal sponsorship with “All Abilities Play,” a Cape Coral-based ...

City Manager releases at-a-glance of the FY26 Proposed Budget

Cape oral City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn has released an at-a-glance of his proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins oct. 1. The FY 2026 Budget, presents "a structurally balanced financial plan that prioritizes enhanced service delivery, sustainability, and continued investment in Cape ...

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DOGE correspondence available on CapeCoral.gov

Correspondence between the city of Cape Coral and the Department of Governmental and Operational Efficiency (DOGE) is now available to the public on CapeCoral.gov. "This new online resource supports transparency and open government by providing residents and stakeholders with access to DOGE's ...

Lee schools welcome students

Monday morning, as most Lee County schools kicked off the 2025-26 school year, a line of eager students and parents snaked around Trafalgar Elementary School at 1850 S.W. 20th Avenue. Older brothers held the hands of younger sisters, and cousins greeted one another enthusiastically as – one ...

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Mussels, Threshers finale cancelled 

FORT MYERS — Due to unplayable field conditions and persistent weather, the series finale Sunday between the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and Clearwater Threshers has been cancelled and will not be made up. The Mussels head to Daytona for a six-game series against the Tortugas, beginning ...

Hurricane Guide 2024

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Pine Island Eagle’s historic sign found in St. James City after Hurricane Ian

The Pine Island Eagle is grateful to a Good Samaritan from St. James City who found, and stored, the paper’s historic sign lost in Hurricane Ian after the Category 4 storm made landfall on Cayo Costa on Sept. 28, 2022. Jan Robertson said the storm had blown it into a neighbor’s yard and, ...

Should city of Cape Coral impose a transportation mobility fee — a charge on new construction — to help fund road-related infrastructure?

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