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Collier Planning Commission recommends denial of Fiddler’s Creek expansion
Collier County Planning Commission recommended denying approval of 750 luxury apartments, including 225 affordable housing units, in a recreation and conservation area at Fiddler’s Creek in East Naples. The recommendation will head to the Board of County Commissioners for a hearing in October. After three often contentious public hearings...
Fishermen’s Village receives 50 responses to closed bid auction
Interest in purchasing Fishermen’s Village continues to rise, and as of July 19, SVN Commercial Partners received 50 executed documents after sending out 80 requested nondisclosure agreements, SVN Managing Partner Ashley Bloom said. SVN is selling the property through a call for offers process, which is a closed bid...
1 with serious injuries after three-vehicle crash near Immokalee
IMMOKALEE, Fla. — One person has serious injuries after two trucks and a semitrailer collided on SR-29 near Immokalee on Monday morning. Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene around 8 a.m. Troopers say one person has serious injuries but is in stable condition. Troopers have not shared their...
Guadalupe Center collecting school supplies for Immokalee students through Aug. 9
Guadalupe Center is collecting notebooks, folders, writing utensils and other items for Immokalee students through Aug. 9 as part of the nonprofit’s 32nd annual School Supply Drive. School supplies will be distributed to students in Guadalupe Center’s After-school Tutoring Program, which serves approximately 760 students in kindergarten, first and...
Police Body Camera Shows Rescue of a Dog In a Car From Life-Threatening Heat
Florida police officers rescued a dog in a car and the whole ordeal was captured on a body camera. The post Police Body Camera Shows Rescue of a Dog In a Car From Life-Threatening Heat appeared first on MotorBiscuit.
Two Pine Island waterfront restaurants in spotlight on popular HGTV show
Pine Island was in the national spotlight when “My Lottery Dream Home's” season-finale premiered Friday, July 19, on HGTV. The episode, “Pine Island Prince and Princess,” featured a $4 million scratch-off lottery-winning couple looking for a vacation and eventual retirement home from St. James City to Bokeelia.
Reader questions: A new Coconut Point shopping center; Bonita's Lake Park Diner; Galleria
Reader Nancie Harper checked in the other day. "Wondering what is being built on east side of U.S. 41 in Estero, north of Coconut Point," she said. "It’s a long piece of land, bordering U.S. 41 near Rapallo, between Via Rapallo Drive and Sweetwater Ranch Boulevard." A lot of...
Florida's Cassie Carli Law aims for safer, less risky custody exchanges
ORLANDO, Fla. — Named for a mother who was allegedly kidnapped and killed by her child's father during a child custody exchange, Florida's Cassie Carli Law went into effect this month as part of an effort to make similar exchanges safer for parents. The Cassie Carli law requires county...
Salvation Army taking over shuttered Venice Books-A-Million
Double dealing: A pair of commercial properties in Fort Myers have changed hands. The first is a 16,851-square-foot building at 4231 Colonial Blvd., which sold for $2.15 million. According to Lee County property records, the buyer is a Fort Myers LLC named Properties of S&O. The seller was a local investor who paid $1.7 million for it in 2005. The warehouse building sits on 2.39 acres, according to LoopNet. The second property is a 3,492-square foot building at 1629/1631 Hendry St. The buyer is a local investor who paid $1.14 million. The seller is a trust. The single-story downtown building was built in 1925 and sits between Main and Second streets. Fort Myers commercial real estate firm LSI Cos. brokered both deals.
Sam Greco Endorsed by FL NFIB, FL Chamber of Commerce, St. Augustine Business Coalition
It has been an exciting week on the campaign trail for Sam Greco. NFIB’s Florida PAC, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and the St. Augustine Business Coalition have all thrown their support behind Greco in the past week. Greco’s campaign continues to gain momentum. He now has the support...
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