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Residents Voice Concerns About Development
On Tuesday night about 50 Fort Myers Beach residents attended a community meeting at Nervous Nellie’s. The topic was future development on the island. The meeting was organized by Bahia Via residents Mike and Dawn Miller and featured former Town Councilman Bill Veach and candidate Greg Scasny as speakers.
2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update
It’s the middle of August and the beaches of Manasota Key are adorned with turtle nests galore! After all, Manasota Key does host the densest sea turtle nesting on Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of August 19th, there were 4,620 loggerhead, 122 green, 1 leatherback and 1 Kemp’s ridley nests on the 14 miles of Manasota Key that Coastal Wildlife Club (CWC) volunteers monitor daily during sea turtle season.
Bradenton Police warn of new social media scam
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Bradenton Police want you to know about the latest scam sweeping its way across social media. It’s quite a simple scheme. The post will include pictures of missing or found children, asking for shares to help either locate the kid or bring them home. For...
Watch it again: ABC7 High School Football Kickoff Special
FORT MYERS, Fla. — School is back in session! This means high school football is officially underway, and ABC7 is getting you ready with everything you need to know about Southwest Florida. The ABC7 High School Football Kickoff Special brings you an in-depth guide and inside look at teams...
High school football predictions: District winners for the 2024 season
FORT MYERS, Fla. — As we dive into the high school football season, it's time to put our predictions to the test and select the district winners for Southwest Florida. With several competitive districts and standout teams, here’s a look at who we believe will come out on top.
Executive Home Care of Fort Myers honors local seniors with roses on National Senior Citizens Day
Executive Home Care of Fort Myers, a leading in-home care provider, participated in the national “Roses for Resilience” initiative to honor seniors in the Lee and Collier county area on National Senior Citizens Day, Wednesday, Aug. 21. As part of this heartwarming program, caregivers personally delivered roses to...
Positively Southwest Florida: Realtors help blessings in a backpack fight food insecurity
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Volunteers are fighting hunger, one backpack at a time. On Thursday, the Southwest Florida chapter of Blessings in a Backpack held a packing event at Palm Paradise Realty Group in Fort Myers. Team members packed 500 meals for elementary school students in need. Over the...
Final night of the Democratic National Convention: Harris accepts nomination
The final night of the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago on Thursday. The Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, Tim Walz, gave an electric performance, but not every single Democrat is on board. Delegates from the uncommitted movement staged a sit-in outside the United Center on Thursday, hoping it would...
Public meeting for Cape Coral Bridge set for Aug. 28
Cape Coral and Lee County residents will have the opportunity next week to learn more about the Cape Coral Bridge project, as well as provide their input. The hearing, which will take place Aug. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m., continues Lee County’s and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Project Development and Environment Study, which is required to happen prior to design and construction.
Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
(The Center Square) — Nearly 2 million Florida electricity customers will pay a higher base rate after Duke Energy Florida's increase petition was approved by state regulators. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the highly contested rate hike Wednesday after negotiations between Duke Energy, groups representing residential customers — including the Sierra Club and the League of United Latin American Citizens — industrial customers and environmentalists reached a mutual agreement. ...
Amazon to Build Nearly $20M Expansion at Space Coast Satellite Facility
Amazon plans on expanding its footprint on the Space Coast with another $19.5 million facility in its efforts to launch thousands of internet-providing satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink. To date, only two test satellites from Project Kuiper have flown when they took to...
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