According to Beacon of HOPE Executive Director Nancy Cote, the Beacon is going to start a project looking for funds to continue running the Beacon Buggy program. This program enlists drivers to take Pine Islanders to medical appointments they could not get to otherwise. Cote said it costs ...
On April 21, 1976, the Pine Island Eagle published its first newspaper edition, which means the island paper is now celebrating 50 years on Pine Island. Looking back at the 50th anniversary of the Eagle, it seems the driving force behind the stories has been the islands’ organizations ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com On Friday, May 1, at approximately 3:45 p.m., a boat caught fire near Jug Creek Marina in Bokeelia. According to Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District acting Capt. Scotty Darna, who was at Station 3 at the time, the fire was at Calusa Island. “We had ...
Beginning Wednesday night, May 6, at approximately 7 p.m., motorists can expect a slight westward traffic shift on State Road 31 near Horseshoe Road. This shift is necessary to advance the construction of the new roundabout at Lake Babcock Drive. While traffic flow will not be impacted, ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday in Fort Myers that State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka “is the leader in the clubhouse” to be the next Lee County Supervisor of Elections. The office has been vacant since January, when former Lee County supervisor of elections Tommy Doyle retired. DeSantis made ...
In the wake of a jury verdict finding Thomas Roy Stein guilty of first-degree felony murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Cape girl during an attempted robbery, Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said justice was served. "Last night, in the murder trial of Kayla Rincon-Miller, ...
