


Klaus Kohl, seeing the crowds the German-American Social Club was getting for its spring Bierfest, decided he wanted to start an Oktoberfest and did so in 1986. Four decades later, the festival is one of the most popular events in Southwest Florida, bringing in tens of thousands of people ...
Lee County Commissioners today held a moment of silence for their colleague, District 5 Commissioner Mike Greenwell, and voted to rename the Lee County Civic Center Complex in his honor. The complex will now be called Mike Greenwell Regional Park. Also in honor of Greenwell’s passing, the ...
Friends, family and hundreds of community members gathered at JetBlue Stadium Saturday afternoon — many wearing Boston Red Sox jerseys — to celebrate the life of Mike Greenwell, baseball hero turned Lee County Commissioner. Danielle Justice, a former pastor and Greenwell’s niece, ...
Update: City crews are on scene near Del Prado Blvd. North, working to fix a water main break. Water is estimated to be off for approximately four to eight hours, and all hydrants will be out of service until repairs are completed. The affected area includes more than 2,000 customers and is ...
Lee County Commissioners today held a moment of silence for their colleague, District 5 Commissioner Mike Greenwell, and voted to rename the Lee County Civic Center Complex in his honor. The complex will now be called Mike Greenwell Regional Park. Also in honor of Greenwell’s passing, the ...
FDOT release issued at 10:21 a.m.: Motorists are advised that State Road 78 (Pine Island Road) at Chiquita Boulevard is currently experiencing emergency lane closures following a crash that resulted in a damaged power pole. Crews are on site to assess and repair damage. Local police are on ...
Tuesday GIRLS BOWLING LCAC/District 11 Championships At Lightning Strikes, Fort Myers The Cape Coral Seahawks are heading to the FHSAA state bowling tournament with a second-place finish in District 1A-11. The scores for the Seahawks were: Cape Coral (2266) -- Regan Taylor 526, Elise ...
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, ...