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Seven injured in boat collision with barge

Five people, including a juvenile, suffered serious serious injuries when a 36-foot vessel traveling near Bowditch Point Sunday night on Fort Myers Beach, struck a barge. Two of the seven occupants of the boat sustained minor injuries. All of the occupants were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and treated by Fort Myers Beach firefighters and Lee County EMS at the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Fort Myers Beach and transported to a nearby hospital to be treated for their injuries. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the boat was a recreational boat that was based locally in Lee County and was moving out of Matanzas Pass when it struck the barge. The boat ...

Mobility fee vote expected at council meeting

The Cape Coral City Council will vote on a repeal and replacement of the road impact fees with the mobility fee system Wednesday night. According to a staff report, the mobility fee ordinance will establish a modernized, legally defensible framework for funding multimodal transportation ...

Police collective bargaining agreement approval on council agenda

The Cape Coral City Council will vote on the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #33 bargaining agreement for officers, police sergeants and lieutenants during its Wednesday meeting. The collective bargaining agreement between the city and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #33, which ...

Two arrested after vehicles burglarized

Two males, including a juvenile, were arrested after Cape Coral police said they burglarized vehicles and stole items including a firearm.  Jeffrey Prestol, 18, has been charged with loitering and prowling. A 16-year-old juvenile male has been charged with four counts burglary of an ...

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Southbound lane on SR 31 Wilson Pigott Bridge closed

LEE COUNTY – Emergency repairs are underway on the Wilson Pigott Drawbridge. The southbound lane will be temporarily closed this morning due to issues with a steel plate covering the damaged steel grating. Flagging operations will begin no later than 12 p.m. today to allow two-way traffic on ...

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City tax rate held to current rate

Cape Coral City Council set the property tax rate at 5.2188 mills, the same as it is currently. The 5.2188 millage rate will generate $264,702,131 for the general fund. The proposed millage rate for the parks general obligation bonds is 0.1608 mills. City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn said at ...

Local Sports

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Prep Report 9-17-25

Tuesday VOLLEYBALL Oasis 3, Cypress Lake 0: Tessa Bexfield had 10 kills and 10 assists, while Emma Brown made 8 digs as the Sharks (9-1) rolled past the Panthers, 25-21,25-10, 25-18. Bishop Verot 3, St. John Neumann 2: In the Private 8 Conference Tournament, the Vikings (12-3) had to ...

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, ...

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