Eight Lee County high schools with some 170 athletes gathered at North Fort Myers High School on Friday for a competition featuring students with special needs alongside their more able-bodied partners.It was the inaugural Unified Track Event, which was put on by the Lee County Parks & ...
Join the Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Acres for its third annual Dean McNew Scholarship Golf Tournament, which this year will be held at Copperhead Golf Course.The tournament will be held Saturday, April 6, with a shotgun start of 7 a.m. Registration is $75 for a single golfer, or $250 for a ...
The Lehigh Acres Little League season practices are under way, with the youngsters gearing up for opening day on March 2.Little League President Chris Vannote said they had tryouts and a draft week the third week of January closing registration for this season."Last year we had five major teams ...
Taxpayers who support Lee County's 20/20 Conservation program - and that, literally, is most of us- may see another 660 acres or so of environmentally fragile land added to the nearly 30,000 purchased thus far for preservation.The Lee County Board of County Commissioners agreed last Tuesday to ...
To the editor:Well, we made it through another celebration. That is what I heard people say after the Martin Luther King Day celebration ended.Celebration of Martin Luther King Day this year is over. What is next?People are saying things like "Things are not better, in fact they are worse." ...
To the editor:The rising misuse and abuse of the "social media" have become high-level threats to Truth, Social Justice, Freedom and indeed even to Life itself.Ref: Recent confrontation of Catholic students with Native Americans.Any sort of scheme at all whereby enormous numbers - tens of ...
To the editor:Well it has started. Whose elbows will win? I am referring to the hopeful Democrats all vying for notoriety or the nomination to represent their Party for the opportunity to run as their candidate for President in 2020.Without question, the leader of the newbies of the Democratic ...
To the editor:Is it any wonder why elected officials have lost our respect and admiration? Neither esteem or appreciation are virtues that are afforded automatically. They both come about when an individual, no matter his title, demonstrates absolute morality. That's right - no cheating, no ...
To the editor:As someone who is not a supporter of Donald Trump, I do like some of his ideas. However, Trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to gathering broad-based support for his ideas. His volatile personality alienates even those in his party.If I were a woman, would I date Trump if ...
The Lehigh Acres Blue Devils wrapped up 2018 by coming out to show their community support via a student-athlete driven clean-up effort.It was the first month of the organization's LBD Cares program, where the basketball team members worked to clean up local parks in the Lehigh Acres ...
