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Timely photo leads to rescue of baby osprey

A picture taken by an eagle-eyed photographer who spotted a monofilament line around a baby osprey’s neck, helped lead to the bird’s rescue from a potentially fatal threat, in a nest near the Pink Shell Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. Jeff Gabel, a local bird enthusiast who takes ...

10 arrested following two-year investigation into 'brothels'

A two-year long investigation called Operation Red Light has resulted in 10 arrests in connection to alleged brothels in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Southwest Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force known as INTERCEPT announced the results of an operation ...

Tropicana Park decision may sink Cape rowing club

With a tie vote on a license agreement that would have allowed the Cape Coral Rowing Club to use Tropicana Park as its base, the club will soon have no home. Those who voted in favor of the resolution, which called for a 10-year agreement with the option to renew for three additional five-year ...

SWFL News

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Playmakers Tailgate Party set for April 30

For the past decade, the Tommy Bohanon Foundation has raised nearly $2 million to help hundreds of young athletes of Southwest Florida improve their football skills, become responsible adults and get the equipment they need to excel on and off the playing field. In order to do that, the ...

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Timely photo leads to rescue of baby osprey

A picture taken by an eagle-eyed photographer who spotted a monofilament line around a baby osprey’s neck, helped lead to the bird’s rescue from a potentially fatal threat, in a nest near the Pink Shell Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. Jeff Gabel, a local bird enthusiast who takes ...

Free LeeTran bus rides Monday

LeeTran – Lee County Transit – will again offer free rides on all fixed-route buses for Try Transit Day on Earth Day, Monday. LeeTran Director Dominic Gemelli said Try Transit Day has been an annual event for more than five years. “LeeTran’s annual ridership averages approximately ...

Local Sports & Recreation

North Fort Myers Art Association | May events

Show title: Botanicals (plant life) Submission date: Monday, May 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Gulf Coast Village, at 1333 Santa Barbara Blvd. S., in Cape Coral. Show opens: Reception on Wednesday, May 13, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and show runs through June 29 - with retrieval of unsold works on June ...

Local Columns

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Guest Commentary: Troubled bridge over muddy water

When people think of “old Florida” in Southwest Florida, small historic cow towns like Alva, Fort Denaud, and LaBelle often come to mind. These communities sit near the point where four counties—Hendry, Glades, Lee, and Charlotte—meet at what is known as the “quad-point.” For now, ...

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