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ALL PHOTOS BY MARK CLIFFORD Jaycee Park will re-open to the public next Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting set for May 8. The city of Cape Coral provided members of the media an advance look at the $18.7 million rebuild Wednesday with a walk along the riverfront. Cape Coral City Manager ...

America 250: Voices of Valor

As part of the Breeze Newspapers' America 250 initiative, a special project dedicated to the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, we will feature veterans who will share what our county means to them on this milestone anniversary. We thank our featured veterans for their service and ...

America 250: Washington — The making of America’s first president

WINCHESTER, Va. —  Before he was the father of our country, before he led Continental Army soldiers across an icy Delaware River, before he inherited his family’s Mount Vernon estate in Northern Virginia, America’s future first president was just a kid named George. It wasn’t until ...

Cape Cleaners collecting donations through April 27

A Cape Coral business has launched an initiative to benefit a local non-profit that supports breast cancer research, education and advocacy.  Cape Cleaners is inviting the Southwest Florida community to turn spring cleaning into an opportunity to give back through its new initiative, ...

Settlement reached in woman’s death in crash with off-duty deputy

A settlement has been reached in the death of a young woman killed in a crash involving an off-duty Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy in 2023.  According to a release from Aaron Davis of Davis Goldman PLLC of Miami and James Pullos of Clifford Law Offices of Chicago, the two firms ...

Wilson Pigott Bridge to reopen Thursday ahead of afternoon commute

The Florida Department of Transportation says the Wilson Pigott Bridge is on track to reopen as scheduled on Thursday, April 23, following the completion of critical maintenance work within the anticipated 10-day closure window. Crews will complete final overnight operations tonight, ...