Cape Coral officials say a threatened lawsuit designed to replace a barrier removed from a city waterway is without merit and the issue is closed.Officials with the state agency also named declined comment on the suit. They said, however, reinstallation would cause more harm than ...
By TIFFANY REPECKItrepecki@breezenewspapers.comNew legislation went into effect Tuesday in Florida that prohibits texting while driving.The Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law mandates that a person "may not operate a motor vehicle while manually typing or entering multiple letters, ...
The task was simple: Get 50 strong firefighters to pull a 35,000-pound fire engine one mile in less than 30 minutes. Do it, and set a world record.With an 8-year-old girl who has cancer cheering you on, how can you go wrong?Those 50 strongmen from the Cape Coral Fire Department CFD didn't break ...
In the face of business owner opposition, Cape Coral City Council compromised Monday, passing its controversial sign ordinance but holding implementation in abeyance for six months.The vote was 5-3 with Mayor John Sullivan and council members Chris Chulakes-Leetz and Kevin McGrail ...
Cape Coral City Council may not have totally agreed on all subjects at its regular meeting Monday, but the elected board was in agreement with the purchase of 30 portable defibrillators - especially given the funding source.The $50,000 expenditure will come from state forfeiture funds - money ...
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation and Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida announced Tuesday that the $20 million challenge grant issued by Tom Golisano in May, 2012 has been matched.Chico's FAS, Inc. donated $1 million to close out the match. Chico's FAS and its associates ...
Builders Care, an organization devoted to helping families in need do some much-needed renovations on their homes, is at it again.This time, it is helping a North Fort Myers family that has struggled with health issues and unemployment replace a roof that has been badly in need in repair for ...
A hospitalized woman's status has been upgraded after a deadly crash in Cape Coral last month.As of Tuesday, Susan C. Reynolds, 28, of 2903 W. 52nd St., Lehigh Acres, was listed in serious condition at Tampa General Hospital, where she was taken following the Sept. 7 accident.The driver of the ...
The city of Cape Coral has been put on notice that an environmental coalition will sue unless a new barrier is installed in the North Spreader Canal.The group filed a 60-day notice of a lawsuit to enforce a previous Settlement Agreement and Department of Environmental Consent Order requiring ...
Cape Coral firefighters successfully completed a world record setting attempt by pulling a fire engine one mile in just over 11 minutes Saturday.Cape Coral firefighters came out in force, putting together a team of 50 members to pull a fire engine down Chiquita Boulevard. The team began the ...