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Lee County Solid Waste to resume standard collection schedule post-summer

Residents of unincorporated Lee County, the Town of Fort Myers Beach, Village of Estero and City of Bonita Springs are asked to set their trash, recycling and yard waste to the curb by 6:30 a.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 27. This is one hour later than the seasonal set-out time of 5:30 a.m. The April-through-October seasonal change was to help the contracted haulers’ drivers complete routes earlier in the day during hot months. This operational adjustment does not affect the day of the week residents have their materials collected; that remains the same. In addition to the change for the municipalities of Fort Myers Beach, Estero and Bonita, the unincorporated areas affected ...

FSW to hold family-friendly Boo-ccaneer Bash

Florida SouthWestern State College is combining its annual Fall Open House, PreView FSW, with a festive and family-friendly Boo-ccaneer Bash. This exciting event offers prospective students, families and community members a fun and immersive way to explore campus life, academic pathways and the ...

Prep Report 10-20-25

Saturday VOLLEYBALL Regional bids: North Fort Myers made the Region 5A-3 playoffs as the seventh seed. The FHSAA state brackets were released Saturday. The Red Knights (16-7) travel to play No. 2 seed St. Petersburg on Thursday in the first round. Bishop Verot was the seventh seed and ...

Emergency road closure: Pine Island Road at Chiquita Boulevard

FDOT release issued at 10:21 a.m.: Motorists are advised that State Road 78 (Pine Island Road) at Chiquita Boulevard is currently experiencing emergency lane closures following a crash that resulted in a damaged power pole. Crews are on site to assess and repair damage. Local police are on ...

News From Around the Region

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Commissioners rename Lee County Civic Center Complex in honor of Mike Greenwell

Lee County Commissioners today held a moment of silence for their colleague, District 5 Commissioner Mike Greenwell, and voted to rename the Lee County Civic Center Complex in his honor. The complex will now be called Mike Greenwell Regional Park. Also in honor of Greenwell’s passing, the ...

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Mike Greenwell remembered

Friends, family and hundreds of community members gathered at JetBlue Stadium Saturday afternoon — many wearing Boston Red Sox jerseys — to celebrate the life of Mike Greenwell, baseball hero turned Lee County Commissioner. Danielle Justice, a former pastor and Greenwell’s niece, ...

Local Sports & Recreation

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Tommy Bohanon Foundation awards grants to local youth athletic programs

Local youth athletic programs were recently awarded with $40,880 from the Tommy Bohanon Foundation Sports Equipment Grant program. The 16 programs that received funding will use the money to purchase items such as weight room equipment, a golf simulator, cheer mats, transportation to soccer ...

Local Columns

The Pulse | Fraud alert: The never-ending toll scam

They seemingly arrive daily. “You have unpaid tolls.” Many of us are now aware of this fraudulent message, but have questions regarding the content. We presented some questions to Joshua Hanchey, Senior Technology Specialist at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Question: “Is merely ...

Is the deportation of alleged Venezuelans to a “terrorism confinement center” in El Salvador without legal review an issue that gives you cause for concern?

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