County approves Burnt Store safety improvements
County DOT announces intermittent lane closures Jan. 28-29 on Matlacha Drawbridge
The Lee County Department of Transportation asks motorists in the Pine Island-Matlacha area to use caution Wednesday, Jan. 28, and Thursday, Jan. 29, as intermittent lane closures occur on the Matlacha Drawbridge. The intermittent, single-lane closures are anticipated from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. A flagging operation will ensure that emergency vehicles will be given priority and that traffic can continue to move throughout the daytime work. The drawbridge will not be closed both directions; one lane will remain open. Lee County DOT’s contractor will work on the traffic signals and sign assemblies on the bridge. (Signals are used when the drawbridge opens and closes.) A ...
Fort Myers Garden Council events in February
The Fort Myers Garden Council has special events planned for February. The council will host The Strolling Flower Show: ”Awesome Blossoms” Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, 2301 First St., Fort Myers. That will be followed by the District IX FFGC Judges Council Annual Flower Show Thursday, Feb. 12, from 1-3 p.m., at the Garden Council headquarters at 2166 Virginia Ave., Fort Myers. A celebration of “Through the Decades,” the Royal Palm 70th Year Placement Flower Show, will be held Thursday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 2166 Virginia Ave., Fort Myers. Then on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a ...
One Hole Over the Pond American Legion Auxiliary fundraiser Feb. 14
Ballard to share boyhood memories during Friends of the Library cruise March 24
Join the Friends of the Pine Island Library Tuesday, March 24, to enjoy a narrated cruise through Pine Island Sound with local historian Robert Ballard. The Friends will meet at Tarpon Lodge at 12:45 p.m. to promptly board a 45-foot enclosed catamaran operated by Captiva Cruises at 1 p.m. ...
LCSO: Deputy responding to domestic call shoots armed suspect at St. James City home; deceased man identified
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy responding to a domestic call in St. James City Wednesday shot and killed an armed suspect. On Friday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno identified the suspect as Alex Paul Jordan., 37. No deputies were injured and, as per policy, those involved will ...
Lee Commissioners enact burn ban for all of Lee County
Lee County has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities effective immediately due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to enact the ban at a regularly scheduled meeting today. The county’s ...
