By: Mike Welch Over the past few months East Lee has been seeing some of its newly elected public officials tour our region. The past year’s redistricting saw a new state senator come to represent the northern half of Lehigh Acres and communities along the SR 80 area. His name is Senator Ben Albritton. Senator […]
Submitted By: Holly Boldrin Family Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and families with autism, is continuing its Redefining Autism speaker series with a presentation by renowned autism activist Dr. Temple Grandin on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 4050 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers. As part of the Redefining […]
By: Sheriff Carmine Marceno Along with the many other difficulties that we are experiencing post-Hurricane Ian, large debris piles are creating blind spots for drivers. Collections of uprooted landscape materials, furniture, appliances and other materials have been placed adjacent to roadways, driveways and intersections. The volume, broadness and height of some of these debris piles […]
By: Mike Welch Lehigh Acres Street Lighting District Street lighting is an important resource for our community with such a large land area. It is important for safety. Lee County Government continues to add over 3,000 street lights that will include dead end streets. Homeowners can also request to have lighting placed near their homes […]
Submitted By: Katie Heck In Lehigh Acres, there is nothing more important than fostering activities for our local youth. The Lehigh Acres Cadet Program is a youth-oriented program focusing on a vocational study of a professional firefighting career with Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District. The mission of the program is to enable Cadets […]
Submitted By: Jenny Parrish Early decision applications are open for Leadership SWFL, the region’s premier community immersion program dedicated to providing business professionals with a greater understanding of the community and creating a cohort of individuals ready to serve as effective leaders in the region. Individuals who apply by December 15, 2022, will be considered […]
Submitted By: Randy Mitchelson Grumpy Goat Coffee will host a free holiday tasting event featuring several local food and beverage artisans Thursday, December 22, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Causeway Commerce Park, 28280 Old 41 Rd, unit 11 in Bonita Springs. Grumpy Goat Coffee, Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies, Naples Canning Company, Pansardo Italian Food […]
Submitted By: Rob Spicker The School District is excited to announce Fort Myers Technical College and Cape Coral Technical College have received nearly $1.2 million in grants from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant program and the Job Growth Grant Fund (JGGF). The funding will support new and existing programs at the technical […]
By: Major Brenda Lane Greetings from your local Salvation Army Service Center. I hope by now you and yours have reached a point where you can begin to settle in after the horrific storm that we all experienced a few weeks ago. While we in the Lehigh Acres area were hit with the hard winds […]
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