pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com In one fell swoop on Saturday, Feb. 13, the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the Matlacha Hookers, Nauti-Tiki Seasonings and Villa’s Insurance Group, welcoming islanders to give blood, grab lunch, check out the new chamber digs and peruse ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com At the February meeting of the Matlacha Civic Association, expansion plans for the land leased by D&D Bait and Tackle Shop were discussed. The city of Cape Coral owns the land, which the city failed to annex. According to Mike Hannon, who helped fight the ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Retired financial executive Jeff Waller and his wife Lisa moved from Wisconsin to Pine Island after they had fallen in love with the idyllic setting. They’d traded high-rise buildings, noise and traffic lights for estuaries, mangrove and scenic views set ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Last year, the Southwest Florida Lee County Fair beat the clock, closing just before the pandemic ground public events to a halt. And while there was concern that there might not be a 97th version of the fair this year, it will go on after all, starting Thursday, ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Dr. Daniel Hanley of Ancuram Clinic wants to make testing widely available for Pine Island. Even though some people may be asymptomatic, he said, most will all be exposed to COVID-19, if they haven’t been already. Hanley, a member of the Pine Island COVID-19 ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com When someone’s home becomes overrun by honeybees, many people may use that as evidence that the world has such a large bee population they have taken to setting up camp in residential areas, but bee rescuers like Wayne Owen would argue the opposite is true. Due ...
Lee County Department of Community Development received an email last week informing staff that Fort Myers Broadcasting Company has decided to withdraw its special exception/variance application for the radar tower on Pine Island. According to architect firm Morris Depew Associates, the ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com At the Jan. 27 meeting of the Matlacha /Pine Island Fire Control District, Commissioner Michael Dreikorn was unanimously voted to represent the district for a now statewide task force that was created by Gov. Ron DeSantis to find inefficiencies in local ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Vintage Market Days, an event that was gaining in popularity before the pandemic put the kibosh on both 2020 shows set for the Lee Civic Center, was apparently missed. Those who like vintage and antique items made up for lost time Friday with thousands attending on ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Pine Island Elementary School has nominated Ms. Rosie Perez for the School District of Lee County Support Person of the Year. Out of 56 school wide nominations, Perez was one of five finalists. “We are so proud to have her work at PIE and that Rosie reached ...
