The German-American Social Club’s 41st annual Oktoberfest opened last Friday with the traditional “O’zapft is” — the tapping of the kegs. In the Cape, Oktoberfest is the official sign of fall, heralded in by ethnic fare piled on paper plates and enjoyed on old-school concrete picnic ...
Isaias, the season’s first hurricane, made landfall near Destin in Florida’s Panhandle last Friday night as a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph. It brought heavy rain, storm surge, flooding, wind damage and power outages. Six deaths have been confirmed, according to the ...
Lee County voters casting a ballot in the Nov. 3 General Election will determine whether they will continue to be able to cast a ballot for each member of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners or whether they will limit their vote to only the member who represents their district. The ...
Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office has begun sending out mail ballots, the most popular way to vote here in Southwest Florida. With the ballots now dropping into voters’ hands, we’re going to climb back onto this election’s hobby horse and unabashedly, unapologetically and ...
Cape Coral City Council members slipped on their administrative hats Wednesday to discuss their annual evaluations of city staffers who report to the elected board. Those staffers included City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn and City Attorney Aleksandr Boksner, who are contract employees, as well ...
Love live music? Get ready to get your fill — the Island Hopper Songwriter Fest is back. The 10-day music festival now in its 12th year will feature more than 80 performances at a multitude of venues across four communities — and most of those shows are free. Kicking off Sept. 18-20 on ...
