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The Pulse: Aggressive driving, road rage on the rise

The growth of population and the increased traffic that accompanies such growth appears to generate a rise in patterns of driver frustration. Sprinkle in the additional stressors of a pandemic, inflation and other the other tensions that most of us experience and you have a recipe for “road ...

Why?

To the editor: Why in the world would any thinking American vote for a Democrat? One just has to look around at Democrat- run cities to see what a disaster each has become. Every one, New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Francisco, just to name ...

The Pulse: Lee County: Eye to the future & focus on service

One million full-time residents. It’s a reality that will happen in Lee County in the not-too-distant future. Census projections have us reaching this milestone around the year 2040, however it is likely to occur sooner than that. The good news is that your county commissioners are planning ...

Football pros open D1 Fitness

Three area high school football legends who all went on to play in the NFL have joined forces to open a Fort Myers fitness center designed for people who want to train like a pro athlete. Tre Boston, who starred at North Fort Myers High School; Jaylen Watkins, who starred at Cape Coral High ...

Guest Commentary: Support the future of rooftop solar

Today is the last day to submit comments and call your legislators to support the future of rooftop solar. Two bills targeting net metering and dismantling the associated economic incentives that support future rooftop solar growth have almost made their way through the Florida ...

One step forward, two steps back?

In November, Gov. Ron DeSantis made stops in Naples and Miami to announce a billion dollar-plus proposal to continue efforts for the restoration of the Everglades and water quality improvements. His proposal called for more than “$960 million for Everglades restoration and the protection of ...

Civic presents its Community Service Awards

On Jan. 20, Civic held our second annual Community Service Awards ceremony at the North Fort Myers Recreation Center. The Tom Cronin award went to “Mama Lu” Lucia Bonsanto. The Cheryl Diamond Award, given to the “Woman of the Year,” went to Billi Jo Daggett, owner of Victory Lane ...