In 2022, the Sports and Fitness Industry Association said pickleball was the fastest growing sport in America with 4.8 million people playing at the time. Last year, the Association of Pickleball Players said the number of players in the United States climbed to 36.5 million. It’s ...

To the editor: The Cape Coral City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting on April 10. One of the items to be discussed is a re-write of how the Mayor and Council get paid. Subject to some political pantomime, the proposal would basically allow them to set their own salary. Nice ...

To the editor: I greatly appreciate the letter finding middle ground about Jaycee Park. Very well said. Great points. New ideas. I would add: follow the arborist’s recommendation to gradually and carefully remove invasive trees, while protecting critically endangered native plants mixed ...

April is Autism Awareness Month, or Autism Acceptance Month, as the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network prefers. According to the CDC, recognizing this month “raises awareness about autism acceptance and promotes inclusion and connectedness for people with autism.” Another benefit to creating ...

We are often asked: “Why do you march?” “Why are you still marching?” We and others have been marching since 2017, organized nationally and in state/local organizations nationwide in response to Donald Trump’s election, an incarnation of a tradition begun in 1913 when 5,000 women ...

To the editor: Certainly, FEMA’s decision to pull a 25% discount for flood insurance policies from Cape Coral deserved some response from the city. The city’s response helped to inform and guide concerned residents of Cape Coral, like me. (I mean, 25% of a lot of money is a lot of money, ...

To the editor: In Response to Kathleen Callard’s letter to the editor titled “Biden’s accomplishments” wherein she claims “President Biden has had a lot of accomplishments and the list is getting longer than expected.” Well, to quote Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction, “Allow me to ...

To the editor: I’m not opposed to growth and progress, but it should be within reason. Everywhere you look one can see massive new construction of multilevel apartment complexes, condo complexes, duplexes spread like flies, and the like. I suspect most will remain unoccupied for many years ...

To the editor: Starting with Jaycee Park, I would ask the council to do a survey and they would find that around 90% of the citizens do not know where the park is and many would not use it because it is not in a central location. Who would want to drive in our Atlanta-like traffic to take a ...

To the editor: Jaycee Park is a small, quiet stretch of land along the Caloosahatchee River in Cape Coral. Its quiet atmosphere, views of the water and shaded areas draw many people to come and enjoy this peaceful area. But the park is not large and when we have limited space it is important ...