Flying beneath the radar is a gaining-traction proposal for the Cape Coral Yacht Club park that would replace the “park” aspect of the riverfront complex with privately operated commercial amenities. With demolition of the historic Yacht Club Ballroom, Tony Rotino Senior Center and other ...

Last March, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation its proponents said would eliminate “high-stakes” testing in public schools. The legislation replaced the Florida Standards Assessments with something called progress monitoring, a series of three tests administered to students throughout ...

BOOM! is back and Cape Coral organizers are promising the biggest, best one yet. Ten months after Hurricane Ian upended life as we in Southwest Florida knew it, social normalcy is returning and the organization of events to be held right on schedule, despite, literally, hell and high water, is ...

Google “deed theft scams in Florida” and you will find that the real estate market is not only hot for those looking to buy or sell. It’s a market ripe for property thieves who use forged documents and identity theft to transfer title and then sell or mortage homes or lots they do not ...

The Lee County Homeless Coalition released its “Point in Time Homeless Snapshot” for 2023 earlier this month. As expected, the count, conducted Jan. 23-28, four months after Hurricane Ian showed Southwest Floridians how easy it could be to find one’s self among the numbers showed an ...

They stepped to the podium as individuals, newcomers and those long immersed in the city’s history alike. They stepped up as representatives of organizations collectively representing hundreds of members — the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral, the Cape Coral Museum of History, the Lee ...

Just one year ago, almost to the day, The Breeze published a special commemorative section marking the 60th anniversary of the Cape Coral Yacht and Racquet Club. Prepared in conjunction with the Cape Coral Museum of History and written by Cape Coral City Councilmember Tom Hayden, a member of ...

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we ...

Every year, just when the weather in Southwest Florida turns perfect — warm sunny days, cool breezy nights, we get the perennial press release from the county: “Kitten Season in full swing at Lee County Domestic Animal Services.” For those of us who consider our four-legged furries ...

If there is one thing students of all ages look forward to, it’s summer. Teachers, too, we suspect, though educators do see a down side — and it’s a steep one. Call it summer slide, call it learning loss, call it what you will, students lose an estimated 2 to 2-1/2 months of learning ...