


The School District of Lee County is launching the naming process for two new schools. Suggestions are currently being accepted for a new high school in Alva and a new elementary school in Lehigh Acres. Both schools are supported by the half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2018 and help to alleviate overcrowding in East Region schools. High School NNN is located at 21700 Tuckahoe Road in Alva. The campus will open in August 2027 with a capacity of 2,000 students. It will offer unique opportunities for students to prepare for careers in agriculture with academies in Agri-Technology and Animal Husbandry. The School Board of Lee County approved a Total Project Cost of $168 million ...
While the numbers have improved since last year, more than 2,500 bus riders are still getting to school late. “We have a lot more work to do moving forward,” Safety, Security, & Fleet Operations Chief Dave Newlan said at Tuesday’s Lee County School Board meeting. Last year, 83% of ...
The Cape Coral Police Department will once again take part in a nationwide initiative to grow stronger bonds between its officers and the community. On Oct. 11, CCPD will host its third-annual “National Night Out” which, according to organizers, is a community-building campaign that ...
Golfers and animal lovers alike can hit the links next month in support of Cape Coral’s local animal shelter. On Nov. 8, the Cape Coral Animal Shelter will welcome the public and community champions to the ninth annual Golf Classic at Palmetto-Pine Country Club. This tradition brings the ...
The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell on Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. Greenwell, a native of Lee County who died Oct. 9 at the age of 62, enjoyed a 12-year professional baseball career ...
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians. The releases came as President Donald Trump was in Israel to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal ...
MATLACHA, Fla. – Motorists should expect intermittent lane closures across the Little Pine Island Bridge Tuesday, Oct. 14, during daytime hours to allow crews to accept deliveries of concrete deck slabs to the worksite. The deliveries will start as early as 8 a.m. and will continue until all ...
Monday, 10-13 VOLLEYBALL District 6A-12 Immokalee at Gateway East Lee County at Palmetto Ridge District 5A-12 Mariner at North Fort Myers Cape Coral at Bradenton Southeast District 4A-13 Island Coast at Estero Cypress Lake at LaBelle Bonita Springs at Barron Collier Lely ...
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, ...