The South Florida Red Cross is calling on the community to help bring the holiday season to our nation’s heroes. Every year, the Red Cross launches its Holiday for Heroes campaign to spread holiday cheer and gratitude to military troops and veterans for their sacrifice and service to our ...
Returning to live in theater performances for the first time since January 2020, The Sarasota Ballet takes the stage at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts with Program 1 – New World, Oct. 22–24. Modern Dance icon Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring opens this double-bill program—and, ...
The Korean War Veterans (KWV) Association, Southwest Florida Chapter 155, recently presented the Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) Foundation with a check for $10,000, fulfilling their endowed scholarship fund goal. The group began supporting FSW students with scholarships in 2007 and in ...
It’s time for high school seniors and their parents in Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by visiting www.fafsa.gov. FAFSA is the only way to apply for federal student aid and is the largest provider of ...
news@breezenewspapers.com Area real estate is seeing the type of boom it hasn’t seen since 2005, with the prices of housing, commercial and office space climbing at near historical levels. Southwest Floridians who have been around a while likely remember what happened a few years after ...
news@breezenewspapers.com In an effort to answer parents’ questions, the School District of Lee County held another Facebook Live session Wednesday afternoon, addressing masks, safety measures, Florida Standards Assessment testing and more. Masks The first topic revolved around the ...
Sea turtles lay eggs in nests on Florida beaches beginning in the spring and throughout the summer, and now the baby turtles are hatching. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking the public to help these tiny turtles stay safe with the following tips. During nesting ...
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com September 11, 2001, was an off day at the fire department for Urban Search and Rescue Medic Joe Hernandez, who is now retired. He had three kids in high school and recalls that morning he was getting ready to go to the Post Office with his wife. “As I was ...
news@breezenewspapers.com The School District of Lee County will monitor a minimum of four metrics to determine when it can relax its emergency mask mandate. A special Facebook live was held for staff Sept. 2, which touched upon the numbers assessment that will be used to relax some of the ...
cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com As the 20-year war in the Middle East has officially come to an end, members of the Southwest Florida community are paying their respects to the brave men and women who tragically lost their lives before evacuating Afghanistan. On Sept. 1 at the Veterans ...
