A foundation which has a philosophy of being proactive in the community in identifying social and educational needs of children, has teamed up with United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties and the School District of Lee County to provide clothes, shoes and school supplies to ...
A long-time Southwest Florida resident with deep ties in the real estate community has passed on.Joe Interbartolo -- founder, broker, and President of the award winning real estate company Century 21 Birchwood Realty of Cape Coral / Fort Myers for over 40 years -- passed away July 12 at the age ...
After a week in which he was sued by the Florida Education Association over his plan to reopen schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is willing to let parents to decide whether they want their children in school and to let teachers decide if they want to provide lessons in-person or through ...
Each week through the primary, The Breeze will ask the candidates for Cape Coral City Council an issue-related question. In the interest of fairness, each candidate is limited to the same amount of space, about 100 words, for their response. This week's question is: It has been more than two ...
This Sunday, up to 500 Cape Coral residents over the age of 18 can be tested for COVID-19 at the Chester Street Resource Center without fee or appointment.These 500 free tests come via a partnership between the Florida Department of Health in Lee County, the city of Cape Coal and the Cape Coral ...
"Local" was the main word used during a lengthy school board workshop discussion earlier this month pertaining to businesses biding on a project during a request for quote (RFQ).Director of Procurement Services Fredrick Ross said they want to improve and optimize the process of RFQs with the ...
There will be Republican primaries Aug. 18 in all three of the seats up for election on the Lee County Board of County Commissioners.Two of the three seats will also feature a Democratic challenger in the November election while all three also have write-in candidates.Much of the discussion ...
The three Lee County Commission races appear on both the Aug. 18 Primary and Nov. 3 General Election ballots with Republican Primaries for each seat.The District 1 Republican Primary has two candidates, Michael J. Dreikorn, who holds a doctorate in education and is a business owner, and ...
As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, there are 379,619 cases of the new coronavirus confirmed in Florida, an increase of 9,785 since FDOH's last update Tuesday morning.More than 102,100 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Tuesday, July 21. Of those reported tests, 10.55 percent tested ...
The Florida Education Association has filed a lawsuit to compel Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Commissioner of Richard Corcoran to put on hold their plan for reopening the state's public schools and to implement an online instruction plan due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.The suit, filed in ...