Whether you plan to hit the roads or the waterways this Memorial Day weekend, local officials are preaching preparedness and best practices to keep all travelers safe. National Safe Boating Week runs from May 20-26 and kicks off the summer boating season -- a popular recreational activity for ...
A jammed-packed schedule of new and returning programs will hit Lee libraries this summer during their annual Summer Reading Program, this year sporting the theme of “All Together Now.” The theme is interpreted through Acts of Kindness, Lee County Library System Manager of Programming ...
The city of Cape Coral is looking at stronger code enforcement to keep property owners compliant. Mayor John Gunter said Cape Coral City Council needs to figure out where it wants to be and develop policies, regulations and criteria and then give code enforcement the tools they need to go ...
Cape Coral City Council on Wednesday supported a 4.2 percent increase to bring the minimum wage for city workers up to $15. The proposal now will be brought back at a voting meeting as a resolution. Council was given four scenarios for the minimum wage discussion, which included $15 as the ...
The city of Cape Coral’s volunteer Budget Review Committee got a reprieve Wednesday when City Council deadlocked on a motion to disband it. Councilmembers Tom Hayden, Bill Steinke, Jessica Cosden and Robert Welsh voted against the move to repeal the resolution that established the ...
A Southwest Florida non-profit started by a Cape Coral resident is working to help teen parents navigate challenges and provide tools for success. Against All Odds, Inc., created by Dayra “Dee” Dominguez, will host the second annual Women’s Empowerment Networking Forum this Saturday at ...
School District of Lee County officials have a message for parents concerned about new student code of conduct language providing for a search of student cell phones if there is “reasonable suspicion” of prohibited activity: The legally-allowed practice has been used for years. “What ...
This Memorial Day, a special tribute to those that served on the USS Nimitz will take place at a Cape Coral location dedicated to assisting local veterans. The Brotherhood of Heroes Military Museum & Library on Monday will host an open-to-the-public event honoring those who perished on ...
The jury in a decades-old double homicide case have recommended a sentence of death for Joseph Zieler. The same jury found Zieler, 61, guilty on May 18 of first-degree murder in the deaths of 11-year-old Robin Cornell and 32-year-old Lisa Story in May of 1990. The Cape Coral case was ...
In preparation for submitting its Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding requests, the city of Cape Coral has identified more than $4 billion in unmet needs, a sum far greater than the $1.1 billion thus far allocated to all of Lee County. Top priorities, listed among ...
