The Lee County Board of County Commissioners honored one of their own this week, renaming the Lee County Civic Center the Mike Greenwell Regional Park. It is a fitting legacy. Commissioner Greenwell, who died Oct. 9 at age 62 after battling thyroid cancer, was more than a hometown boy who ...
The leaves don’t change colors. We don’t break out sweaters or blankets. We don’t even turn off the AC. The traditional signs of autumn in Southwest Florida is not the weather. It’s crisp potato pancakes. Schnitzel freshly fried and drippin’ with gravy. And beer. By ...
National Newspaper Week wraps up Saturday with, no doubt, a typical end-of-week collective sigh by those of us working a beat. Our numbers have dwindled — an 80% decline from 800,000-plus newsroom jobs in 1990 to around 86,000 in mid-2025, according to ReportEarth — but still, papers not ...
The Cape Coral Charter Review Commission has drafted some substantive changes to our city’s bedrock governing document, its charter. The advisory board is near the completion point of its duties to the Cape Coral City Council, which appointed its seven members and two alternates in ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has ramped up his effort to eliminate property taxes in the state of Florida. His reasoning? “Property taxes effectively require homeowners to pay rent to the government,” the governor maintains. Of special concern, he said, is the number of older property owners with ...
The city of Cape Coral has changed how it processes requests for public records related to Cape Coral City Council. Requests for such documents now go through the city attorney’s office. City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn sent an email to staff and members of the elected board in late August, ...
