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 ...
cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com The spirit of giving during the holiday season was alive and well last Tuesday morning in Cape Coral at the newly opened Brotherhood of Heroes Resource Center and Museum. Founder and long-time community philanthropist Dr. Carol Rae Culliton presented Gary ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Southwest Florida’s most popular eagle pair is now counting down the days before they become parents once again. Harriet now has two eggs, laying the first on Dec. 16 at 4:58 p.m. and the second one on Dec. 19 at 4:45 p.m. Assuming a standard 35-day incubation ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Lee Health administered the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to employees last Tuesday with a limited number of inoculations made available to front-line healthcare workers and those 65 and older beginning Monday through the Department of Health - Lee County. ...
news@breezenewspapers.com There are many teachers who want to present lessons in creative and unusual ways. Unfortunately, they often do not have the resources to be able to do that. The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools recently held a socially distanced classroom and school grants ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Veterans Park Recreation Center hosted A Holiday Time in the Park on Dec. 11. Members of the community came out to experience the family-friendly, free event which was held in the park’s central field. According to Veterans Park Recreation Center Supervisor ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Tortuga Preserve Elementary ESE teacher Alyssa Smith has been named the School District of Lee County’s Teacher of the Year. Smith was surprised with the commendation bright and early last Tuesday morning by Superintendent Dr. Gregory K. Adkins and members of ...
