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Editorial | How democracy dies

Wednesday was a day of grieving for America and Americans. The political assassination of a renowned conservative activist on a university campus in Utah. Another school shooting, this one in Colorado, which left two teens injured — one critically — and the 16-year-old shooter dead of a ...

Editorial | More than a remembrance

The city of Cape Coral will again hold a 9/11 remembrance on the lawn at City Hall. This year’s ceremony to be held next Thursday beginning at 8:30 a.m. will again focus appropriately on the victims — all those who died in New York at the World Trade Center, in Washington, D.C., at the ...

Revisionist history seems to be a common trait of late so we’ll not overly fault the city for its explanation of its Fire Services Assessment. The tax, excuse us, assessment, indeed was intended to support the operations of the Cape Coral Fire Department as well as the cost of infrastructure ...

Let us provide some clarity on the negotiations between the city of Cape Coral and the operators of the Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill at the Cape Coral Yacht Club: The Kearns Restaurant Group did not “miss” the Aug. 13 settlement deadline imposed by Cape Coral City Council. What the ...

Editorial | Animal lover? Make a difference

Cape Coral Animal Shelter will hold one of its largest — and most popular — fundraisers next week. The fourth annual Virtual Auction opens Monday and runs through Friday, offering an abundance of opportunities to bid on some very nice items — everything from handcrafted artwork and ...

Count us among those excited for the start of the new school year Monday. Not because we have kids, tweens or teens who — though we love them the muchest — may have, ummm, pushed our parental patience a time or two during this long, hot and humid summer. But because the district has ...