Pine Island News

Islander remembers his role at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center on 9-11

pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Islander Joe Hernandez of Urban Search and Rescue is among an elite few who fought through the rubble at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center just after the towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001. “It was a morning that was just like any other day,” said Hernandez, who moved to the islands in 2011. “I was with my wife. We were going to the post office. I was off that day from a rescue job down in Miami. My neighbor came outside and said, 'did you hear what happened? A plane flew into one of the towers.' About a minute after he said that, my pager went ...

Dreikorn appointed to vacant Fire Board seat

Task Force talks about adding Dr. Hanley

Calusa Land Trust participates in International Coastal Cleanup Day along Pine Island shore

News from around the region

Medal of Honor recipient’s family supports memorial for veterans on Fort Myers Beach

This August will mark 75 years since Sgt. Charles Andrew MacGillivary was distinguished with the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman for his valiant actions in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.MacGillivary's daughter, Charlene Corea, said she supports a veteran's memorial on ...

Cape Council talks taxes

Cape cancels anniversary celebration

COVID cases near 442,000 mark

Obituaries

David Goodwyn Elmore

David Goodwyn Elmore, 71, of St. James City, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted with final care.

Julienne A Thorstenson

Edward James Snyder

Marilyn Anita Porthouse

Letters to the Editor

Guest Comment: Commissioners keeping eye on projects, taxes

This year has been unlike any before it. Each of us has had to deal with unbelievable challenges, and as a nation, we have faced uncertainty about the future. One thing Lee County residents can be certain about is that their local government will provide them with a balanced budget and will ...

The Greater Pine Island Veterans of Foreign Wars continues efforts to ‘do more for veterans’

Opposed to Doppler tower

Climate change hypocrisy

Business

Lee County tourism falls 64 percent April to June

nmayberg@breezenewspapers.com The number of visitors to Lee County dropped 64 percent per lodging statistics in the tourism snapshot of the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau's data for April to May this year, representing the damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic. The county was hit ...

Sherry, Riverdale Dental marks 40 years on island

2020 Best of Pine Island winners announced

Cutting Ties Salon taking precautions — and adding new products, services

Local Columns

On the Water: Good fishing with favorable weather and tides

Dolphin Tales: Fungie the Dingle Dolphin

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2019 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc

On the Water: Fall fishing begins across Southwest Florida

Editorials

Stop modern day slavery: Be part of the solution

As frontline workers in the fight against human trafficking, the Cape Coral Police Department answered a global call to action Thursday.July 30 was World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and the 2020 theme urged first responders -- "the people who work in different sectors -- identifying, ...