An impressive slate of live music is shaping up for this year’s annual Island Hopper Songwriter Fest. More than 60 performers and 80 free performances are expected at 20 venues among Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Captiva beginning Friday. There also will be nine ticketed ...
By FRANK FANTINI Special to The Breeze Like so many residents of Southwest Florida, Beverly Saltonstall came from someplace else. In her case, it was central New Jersey, a world of tree-shaded All-American towns more familiar to the Midwesterners who populate Cape Coral than to the Jersey ...
The Zonta Foundation of Southwest Florida and the Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva invite 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls to apply for a 2026 grant. According to grants chair Kathleen Skubikowski, the Zonta Foundation strives to support women ...
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, is offering two hiring events to job seekers in Southwest Florida on Oct. 15 and Oct. 21. The Oct. 15 event is a second-chance job fair, promoting the power of second chances for neighbors who face barriers to employment. These ...
The School District of Lee County this week announced that 11 students have been selected as semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit semifinalists represent less than 1% of all high school seniors. The National Merit semifinalists are: Cape Coral ...
A total of 461 high school juniors and seniors have earned 587 College Board National Recognition Awards for their exceptional academic achievement. The College Board National Recognition Program awards academic honors to high-performing students, helping them stand out to colleges and ...
