In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In ...
If there is one thing students of all ages look forward to, it’s summer. Teachers, too, we suspect, though educators do see a down side — and it’s a steep one. Call it summer slide, call it learning loss, call it what you will, students lose an estimated 2 to 2-1/2 months of learning ...
Sometimes a single person can right a very big wrong. And sometimes that person is a child with courage greater than their years and their time in history. In 1963, a high school senior named Rosalind Blalock wanted to attend a Lee County high school that would better prepare her for the ...
Whether Gov. Ron DeSantis ultimately proves to be the Republicans’ Sir Galahad, we will give him one thing out of the gate: He knows how to throw down a gauntlet with panache. Pithy, punchy and packed with the political mantra of the proudly unapologetic un-woke, his second inaugural address ...
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 ...
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 ...
The team at Breeze Newspapers has dealt with hurricanes, large and small, many times over the past five decades, but Ian was my first. When I took over the role of publisher of Breeze Newspapers in 2019, I knew hurricanes were something I’d have to deal with. To drive that point home, ...
The Sanibel Causeway — heavily damaged, with a 50- to 60-foot section of the A-span collapsed and one of the supporting “spoil islands” awash. Matlacha Bridge — “the fishingest bridge in the world” — breached at its foot. Fort Myers Beach’s iconic Time Square and the Beach ...
The nexus between Lee County schools and law enforcement agencies has been a busy crossroads the last week or so. Last week: — Cape Coral police arrested a 14-year-old Mariner Middle School student on Tuesday following an investigation into a shared a Snapchat photo that investigators say ...
School district and local law enforcement had a joint message this week: School safety is their top priority. Officials here say campus safety has been ramped up with additional training provided and more preventative measures implemented. “Our staff has worked diligently to secure ...
