Unless you are one of the very lucky ones, addiction has touched your life or that of someone you know. A neighbor. A co-worker. A family member or someone else you love. Addicts — those with what is now called substance abuse disorder — are not limited to that “druggie,” ...
Cape Coral City Council updated its Council Agenda Rules of Protocol on Wednesday. Approved without discussion as part of the Consent Agenda, the changes clarify penalties for members of the public who break Council’s rules of decorum and are so asked to leave the meeting or who are escorted ...
Proposed state legislation, HB 49/SB1596: Employment and Curfew of Minors, is getting hammered by a number of organizations statewide. The bill, co-introduced in the House by Lee County Delegation members Mike Giallombardo and Spencer Roach in the House and, in the Senate, by Sen. Danny ...
In February 2022, The Breeze heralded on these pages the commencement of a joint project between the cities of Fort Myers and Cape Coral that had been years in the making. That project was Caloosahatchee Connect, a plan to construct an underwater pipeline to bring treated wastewater from Fort ...
Cape residents got an update on the city’s plans for the Cape Coral Yacht Club this week. The “final” site plan for the historic complex held little surprise as Council had already tweaked previous plans and given staff ample direction for what will be a wholly new complex. What’s ...
Cape Coral’s first budget workshops of the new year will take place next week with a welcome change. While the two-day discussion session — previously referred to as a “council retreat — will again take place off site, this year’s meetings to be held Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 at Mercola ...
What better way to kick off the new year than with a Cape Coral tradition — or two or three? The Rotary Club of Cape Coral will again jumpstart the Cape’s annual major events schedule with its popular Cape Coral Art Festival & Market Place set for Jan. 13 & 14 along Cape Coral ...
Though we’ve yet to reach the tail’s tip of ’23, the new year isn’t ringing in happy news for some municipal officials in Florida. As of Jan. 1, those elected to serve on town and city councils will join virtually every other office holder in the state already required to fill out a ...
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of ...
In the face of public outcry in person, via dozens of e-comments, by email and by phone, Cape Coral City Council without discussion among the elected board voted itself a huge increase in remuneration Wednesday. How huge? $5,000 per month for the mayor and $3,333 per month for city council ...
