Sister rallies to help younger sib
Some times a family has to reach out. For a pair of sisters, this is one of those times. North Fort Myers resident Kit Mann’s sister, Luann Barber, has been re-diagnosed with cancer and needs to get back to Illinois for treatment. Money is a problem. Barber is a breast cancer survivor whose cancer has reappeared as her husband is dealing with prostate cancer and in the wake of the death of two sons from disease, including one last year. Mann has put together a fundraiser for Luann to be held Sunday, Aug. 3, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Shea’s West in North Fort Myers. “She needs the gas to get to Illinois and back, hotel stays going there and back. If she needs to stay in the ...
FWC completes revegetation projects on Lake Okeechobee
Council to discuss raising fire services assessment
This city of Cape Coral is looking at raising its levy for fire services. Cape Coral City Council will discuss raising the city’s fire services assessment from 70% of the cost of Cape Coral Fire Department operations to 81%. That “cost recovery” money goes into the city’s general, or operations, fund. At 70% cost recovery, the assessment for an average single-family home last year was estimated at $478.39, an increase of $55.61, or a 13.15% change year over year for the current fiscal year. Council had raised the assessment from 62% to 70% in August 2023, a total revenue increase of $13.5 million. CCFD services were part of the city’s property tax-funded ...
Coast Guard medevacs 77-year-old man 138 miles southwest of Sanibel Island
Fundraiser brings in $20,000 for Family Initiative
The annual City Tavern Fourth of July Block Party and Chili Dog Eating Contest raised more than $20,000 for Family Initiative, which will help roll out a new early intervention program this fall for the nonprofit organization. “This year, we raised money for Family Initiative, a local ...
Thousands turn out for Red, White & BOOM!
Two days before Independence Day, Cape Coral was inundated with heavy thunderstorms. On the Fourth, though, the area at the foot of the Cape Coral Bridge dawned to sunshine and ended in a thunderous rain of fireworks as the city of Cape Coral’s largest event, Red, White & BOOM! drew ...
Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina opening ‘spectacular’
The opening weekend of Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina went better than the owners had anticipated, complete with an incredible buzz of those that patronized the park. “It went spectacular,” Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina co-owner Gary Aubuchon said. “The opening evening – ...
