Count us among those who will be happy to flip the calendar over to 2023. For Southwest Floridians — for far, far too many of us — 2022 will be the year of the hurricane. Images shared in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian shocked. But for those of us who lived through the devastation, the ...
The holidays of Christmas and Hanukkah overlap this year. The eight days of Hanukkah began at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 18, and continue through Monday, Dec. 26, the day after Christmas. The holidays have different meanings and they are celebrated with different traditions but they do have ...
Hurricane Ian has brought the specter — and reality — of homelessness to too many of us here in Lee County. According to still-preliminary estimates provided by Lee County, Ian destroyed 5,076 homes, caused major damage to 13,532, and minor damage to 14,418. Add in the 17,287 additional ...
Christmas lights and Christmas trees may not be the reason for the season but we have to confess, the sight of the lights coming on on the traditional sky-high tree at Big John’s during the Cape’s Festival of Lights — amidst “snowflakes” blowing down — makes us feel as ...
To say this year has been a hard one for Southwest Floridians would be an understatement. Many of our neighbors lost jobs, lost homes, lost businesses. Far too many lost everything. In the wake of Hurricane Ian and with Thanksgiving pending as we write this, let us list some of the things ...
Cape Coral residents will see four of our neighbors sworn in to serve on the city’s elected board today at 4 p.m. Two, Mayor John Gunter and District 6 Councilmember Keith Long, are returning to their respective seats. Two, Bill Steinke and Patty Cummings, are newcomers but have business ...
A project pursued by the city of Cape Coral since 2016 reached its penultimate moment last week. City Council approved a $20 million purchase agreement for the 47 acres off Old Burnt Store Road known as the Seven Islands. The buyer, Gulf Gateway Resort and Marina LLC, is to pay a $1 million ...
The impact of Hurricane Ian continues to ripple through Southwest Florida. The Caloosahatchee Bridge — a main thoroughfare as well as a primary commuter route — suffered some damage from the near Category 5 storm that all but destroyed Fort Myers Beach and Matlacha and left devastating ...
Hoping to add “tools to its economic development toolbox,” the city of Cape Coral is asking voters to grant city council the authority to approve property tax exemptions for new and existing businesses that make a significant investment in the city and create jobs that meet or exceed the ...
On these pages in recent weeks we have run a number of guest opinions and letters to the editor urging a “No” vote on a ballot referendum that would repeal a decades-old local resolution that establishes the appointment of the School District of Lee County’s superintendent of schools. If ...
