To the editor: The Matlacha Hookers, is a 501c3 woman’s charitable non-profit organization. Our organization has members from Matlacha and the Greater Pine Island area, as well as, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers and Fort Myers. We are proud and honored to announce that the Ninth Annual ...
To the editor: I live in Tropical Point neighborhood. I understand everybody has a career path and needs to earn a living but please come to Papaya Street in Tropical Point and see the three brand new builds. The older home is now being flooded because of the new construction and elevation ...
To the editor: The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded in April 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Indiana, rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ ...
Congressman Byron Donalds should be commended for recently filing a bill that the federal government continue to monitor our waterways for harmful algae blooms, even in the event of a government shutdown. Continuous monitoring of the presence of Red Tide and Blue Green algae is important to ...
To the editor: I don’t wear my wedding ring to work. I’m a nurse working in women’s health, assisting with procedures and sedation. Many of my patients need a hand to squeeze, sometimes squeezing so hard I think my hand might break. No rings. Some women see us for abortions. Some are ...
To the editor: We simply can not tolerate people dying in the streets. Therefore, the employers in any given community must pay wages commensurate with the local ( Repeat: local) Cost of Living -- or -- be taxed to provide Social Services sufficient to forestall such dying. It is likely ...
To the editor: Media are reporting that Lee County will be receiving “nearly $150 million” from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and that the county is conferring with Senator Rubio’s office about how it can spend the windfall. Better idea: Why doesn’t the county consult ...
To the editor: Regarding the Fire Chief’s five-year plan: Sounds like “Empire Building” to me. The five-year plan should be to wind down to a volunteer fire department; not to grow this multi-million dollar organization! Russ Mattson Pineland
To the editor: In a Fox News survey from August 2019, nearly two-thirds of Americans said they favor a ban on assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons as a measure to reduce gun violence. Support for an assault weapons ban is stronger among Democrats, at 86%. Forth-six percent of ...
To the editor: Thank you to the many hands that helped rescue our baby eagle that was caught in his nesting materials on March 26 and 27. Thank you to Pine Island, St. James City Fire Department, CROW, Florida Fish and Wild Life Conservation, LCEC and to our Florida Audubon Eagle Watch ...
