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Water quality advisory lifted for Lynn Hall Memorial Park

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County lifted a water quality advisory at Lynn Hall Memorial Park on Tuesday, six days after tests at the park indicated bacteria levels do not meet health department standards for recreational water activity. The department issued a water quality ...

Fly Heli Tours owner to meet with MERTF

Steve Overy, the owner of Fly Heli Tours, is scheduled to meet with the Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force Wednesday to discuss plans he has for helicopter tours over Fort Myers Beach. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Town of Fort Myers Beach Town Hall ...

Brady applies for Town of Fort Myers Beach Council seat

Tom Brady, who earned the second-most votes in the Town of Fort Myers Beach recall election last November, has officially filed an application to be considered for the vacant seat on the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council. The seat was vacated by former Councilman Jim Atterholt, who resigned ...

SWFL News

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture announces grants to support forests

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service announced a total of $6.3 million is now available to Florida landowners through two cost-share programs. Florida’s Future Forests Program and the Enhancing Gulf Waters Through Forested Watershed Restoration ...

Lee Commissioners enact burn ban for all of Lee County

Lee County has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities effective immediately due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to enact the ban at a regularly scheduled meeting today. The county’s ...

Local Columns

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Why charter schools matter for parent choice

Each year, school choice enrollment season invites families to pause and ask an important question: What kind of education will best serve my child? In Lee County, where public school enrollment for student assignment programs runs from Jan. 20 through Feb. 27, families are once again ...

Editorials

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Editorial | Oh, when will they ever learn

For those of us old enough to remember the ‘60s, the times they aren’t a-changin.’ The current administration’s decision to wage a boots-on-the-ground “police action” is not the first time an administration, citing preservation and protection of country ideals, has been willing to ...

Should a helicopter tour company be allowed to use a barge in the bay to take off and land for helicopter tours over Fort Myers Beach?

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