Horns, Wheels & Wow! Annual Touch-A-Truck rolls into Fort Myers with 50+ vehicles
LCSO: Deputy responding to domestic call shoots armed suspect at St. James City home; deceased man identified
Lee Commissioners enact burn ban for all of Lee County
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 ...
Commissioner Petrosky announces Lee County Listening Tour
Lee County Commissioner Trish Petrosky has announced a series of community meetings across Lee County as part of the Lee County Listening Tour, giving residents the opportunity to have candid conversations about the issues affecting their community and quality of life. Petrosky was recently ...
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. ...
