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City Hall to close for Memorial Day, city offices reopen May 26

Cape Coral City Hall will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. City offices will reopen Tuesday, May 26, for regular operating hours. Trash collection services will be delayed by one day for the entire week. Parks & Recreation: • Boat ramps, parks, and preserves ...

CCPD chief: ‘Justice was served for Kayla’

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 ...

M/PIFCD helps fight boat fire off Calusa Island

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 ...

DeSantis says Persons-Mulicka leading candidate for Supervisor of Elections

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 ...

Cape council to consider grant agreement, economic incentives

Cape Coral City Council is expected to vote on a grant agreement to further fund the North 1 UEP project Wednesday. Resolution 110-26, is a grant agreement between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the city for grant funding for the North 1 UEP – contracts 8,9, and 10 ...

$85 million SR 31 road widening project expected to be completed next year

The anticipation completion of the 4.91 miles of road widening being done on State Road 31 is expected to be finished in the spring of 2027. The construction has a cost of $85 million. According to the project description, the “Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District entered a ...