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Bridge Beat

Bridge is played at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Fishers of Men Lutheran Church in 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. Fishers of Men Lutheran Church is at 10360 ...

Cape artist to compete in live competition

Cape Coral artist Carlos Suarez has been selected to compete in the Florida Art Masters 2026, a painting competition that celebrates artistic skill, creativity and the excitement of painting from life. Hosted by The Depot Arts District and Notta Gallery in Lakeland, the competition will bring ...

Keep Lee County Beautiful calls on volunteers for annual Monofilament Madness

Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. is inviting volunteers to take part in its annual Monofilament Madness Marine Cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 31. Since its inception in 1991, this unique cleanup has focused on removing discarded fishing line and other harmful debris from Lee County’s waterways and ...

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Amendment 3 discussed during GPICA meeting

The Greater Pine Island Civic Association’s meeting on Oct. 6 featured two guest speakers, New College of Florida’s Political Science and Environmental Studies professor Dr. Frank Alcock and Lee County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell. Alcock, who has taught world politics, international ...

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Southwest Florida Eagle Cam celebrates 15 years

Eagle lovers worldwide have seen the best and worst of what Mother Nature can wrought. They have seen the miracle of hatching, watched the little puffballs grow to eventually be able to fledge and leave the nest. We also have seen eggs that ended up unviable or a damaged, preventing a ...

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Onda Housing Group begins pre-leasing at Bayshore Pines in North Fort Myers

The 180-unit apartment community is expected to welcome its first residents this fall Onda Housing Group has opened pre-leasing at Bayshore Pines, a new affordable housing complex in North Fort Myers. The new community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for income qualified ...

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On the Water: Hurricane Isaias brings unsettled local weather

Weather dictated the fishing over the past week as conditions were all over the place. As hurricane Isaias was churning north in the Gulf far to our west, we felt gusty winds, thunderstorms and rain, plus some very high tides. Offshore, much of the week’s seas were high with stormy weather. ...

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Vote NO on single-member districts

Lee County voters casting a ballot in the Nov. 3 General Election will determine whether they will continue to be able to cast a ballot for each member of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners or whether they will limit their vote to only the member who represents their district. The ...

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