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Election Office urges early voting

Update: A 13th location, in Boca Grande, and was recently added for Election Day only. That location is at the Louise Du Pont Crowninshield Community House, 240 Banyan St. Original post: Election officials always urge residents to vote. In the wake of Hurricane Ian, that message has a new ...

With the expected building boom coming in Babcock Ranch, the only major road to get to it will need to be dramatically improved. However, the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Citizen Advisory Committee expressed some concerns about how the State Road 31 project has been ...

New Constitutional Officers were sworn-in last week in Lee County. Last Tuesday, Noelle Branning stepped into office as the new Lee County Tax Collector while Matt Caldwell took the helm of Lee County Property Appraiser. The two take over for Larry Hart and Ken Wilkinson, respectively, who ...

In an election where more than 80% of eligible voters turned out, one newcomer and two incumbents prevailed in the countywide races for the Lee County Board of County Commissioners - Kevin Ruane, Ray Sandelli and Frank Mann. The county commission newcomer and Sanibel mayor, Ruane, ...

Rodrigues wins state Senate seat

Republican Ray Rodrigues has won the Florida Senate District 27 seat. Rodrigues garnered 174,260 votes — 60.55 percent of the total ballots cast in Lee County. Democratic opponent Rachel Brown earned 113,533 votes or 39.45 percent of the ballots cast. In Lee, a total of 390,362 ballots ...

School board Incumbents Melisa Giovannelli and Chris Patricia held their seats in Tuesday's General Election. In the District 2 race Giovannelli received 42,284 votes (64.78 percent) while challenger John F. "Jeff" McCullers received 22,992 votes (35.22 percent). "It feels good. I'm ...