Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced the State of Florida has submitted confirmation to the United States Department of the Treasury that it will take part in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program established under the federal COVID-19 relief legislation signed into law in December. The ...
news@breezenewspapers.com The Florida Department of Health and Lee County Government estimate 9,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered this week to frontline healthcare workers and seniors 65 and older. Through last week, more than 11,000 individuals will have been ...
news@breezenewspapers.com The community has two more opportunities this week to weigh in on four potential elementary school proximity zone plans, including a public session here in Lehigh. The public meetings began Monday in Dunbar with a second session then scheduled in Cape Coral on ...
cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com New Constitutional Officers were sworn-in this week in Lee County. This past 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 ...
news@breezenewspapers.com The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District responded to a kitchen fire in the Westminster neighborhood last Tuesday. According to Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District spokesperson Katie Heck, three people were impacted by the blaze, including ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Like many nonprofit organizations, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida also saw a tremendous decline in revenue as many of its signature events were either cancelled or postponed until the new year. “Like many nonprofit organizations, we have ...
On Jan. 5, local American Red Cross volunteers from the Florida Gulf Coast to Heartland Chapter responded to a home fire in the Westminster neighborhood in Lehigh Acres. Local Red Cross volunteer members of the Disaster Action Team helped coordinate emergency aid to those affected. Fire ...
news@breezenewspapers.com The 25th semi-annual Home & Garden Show will return to downtown Fort Myers this weekend with safety protocols in place. Expo Management President Bill Anderson, who produces the Home & Garden Show, said 24 years ago when the Harborside Event Center opened ...
news@breezenewspapers.com A proposed ordinance to allow for backyard chickens in residential areas of unincorporated Lee County including Lehigh Acres, failed to pass county muster, meaning there will be no backyard chickens allowed in Lehigh in the new year -- or at least for now. The Lee ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Monthly mobile food pantries will resume this January, throughout Lee County, as a drive-thru, providing veterans and their families a week’s worth of food. The first pantry will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the VA Healthcare Center, 2489 ...
