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Annual membership drive underway at MOTI

June is the Museum of the Islands Membership Drive Month. This all-volunteer museum, established 36 years ago, is a cultural treasure preserving island history, such as the Calusa Tribe dating back several thousand years and also the area’s important and interesting fishing industry.  By investing in a museum membership, islanders can insure that the rich history of Pine Island and surrounding islands can be preserved and enjoyed for generations to come. Family memberships are $25, this gives members and their families unlimited visits for 12 months, There are also individual memberships for $20 and lifetime memberships for $100. Memberships can be obtained in person at the ...

Pine Island Elementary holds annual Step Up Day for students, parents

Last Tuesday, May 26, Pine Island Elementary hosted Step Up Day, giving students an exciting opportunity to visit the grade level above them and learn about the expectations for the upcoming school year. Students met their “new teachers,” who shared helpful information about what they can ...

Pine Island Elementary Book Battle Team represents at district competition

Last Thursday, May 28, the brightest young readers from Pine Island Elementary School took to the stage to showcase their literary prowess at the annual Lee County School District Book Battle. The 2026 P.I.E. team, comprised of Callie Messer, Isaac Montalbano, Bailey Ninh, Ryker Stark, Ava ...

Update: Collard completes third week of 2,500-mile trek

As Dan Collard reaches Day 21 of his 2,500-mile bicycle journey from near the Mexican border to Canada, the retired Michigan K9 officer and bomb squad sergeant has now pushed through Arizona, crossed deep into Utah, and entered Wyoming on the next major phase of the Western Wildlands Route. ...

SWFL News

Bobcat kitten rescued from brush fire being treated at CROW

Sanibel's Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife is treating a bobcat kitten rescued by a firefighter in a brush fire in Charlotte County. Bayshore volunteer firefighter Julian Roman-Kulwicki was working the brush fire when he came across the kitten meowing and crawling out of a pile of ...

Local Columns

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Bridge Beat

Bridge is played at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Fishers of Men Lutheran Church, 10360 Stringfellow Road, St. James City.  Anyone wishing to play is welcome and does not need a partner.  It costs $3 to play, some of which goes back to the winners of the game. Winners for May 27:  Mary ...

Editorials

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Eagle Editorial: Tax shifting is not tax reform

Appropriately coinciding with the official start of hurricane season Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for a special legislative session to push his “Save Our Homes” plan to slash property taxes. “Today in Tampa, I outlined the Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes plan that will ...

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