


Cape Coral City Council increased the city’s levy for fire protection services Wednesday by increasing the “cost of recovery” from 70% to 81% of the cost of operations. Councilmember Kieth Long dissented in the 7-1 vote. Financial Services Director Crystal Feast said the fire protection ...
Cape Coral City Council has set the various assessments to appear on property tax bills. The first approval Wednesday was the non-ad valorem assessment for lot mowing services and assessment rates for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. Financial Services Director Crystal Feast said the program includes ...
Cape Coral’s city attorney received an overall average of 3.3 out of 4 for his evaluation and a 7.25% increase in his compensation. Cape Coral City Council held a special meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the evaluation and five items City Attorney Aleksandr Boksner wanted Council to ...
In the wake of a school shooting at at Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 individuals injured, local law enforcement and school officials offered shared heartbreak and continued vigilance. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno was among those expressing both. “In ...
Diocese of Venice has issued statement on school shooting this morning in Minneapolis: "The news of the shooting during a school Mass at Annunciation Parish and School in Minneapolis has left all heartbroken. Such senseless acts of violence are unacceptable and nearly impossible to understand. ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A gunman opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely ...
Dunedin, Fla. — The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and Dunedin Blue Jays split their doubleheader Wednesday at TD Ballpark, with Fort Myers taking game one 5-1 and Dunedin taking game two 3-1. Both contests of the doubleheader were closely contested, as the trailing team brought the tying run ...
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, ...