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Trumparilla Boat Parade kicks off in Fort Myers
The Lee County GOP hosted the Trumparilla Boat Parade Saturday morning in support of the Republican nominee. The event was held at 10 a.m. on the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers. The parade sailed from the north side of the Midpoint Memorial Bridge in the middle of the Caloosahatche River...
Housing, development dominate Sarasota City Commission District 1 Tiger Bay forum
The banquet hall of Michael’s on East was occupied on Thursday afternoon by about 125 of Sarasota’s elite players in business and politics. City commissioners, government officials and representatives from influential development firms rubbed elbows and enjoyed salmon and black olive salads and iced tea for lunch. The venue and clientele contrasted with the voters of Sarasota’s City Commission District 1, who make up the most diverse and lowest income city residents. Nevertheless, the suit-and-tie crowd...
Sarasota School Board candidates field questions at public forum in Venice
All five candidates for two Sarasota School Board seats in Aug. 20's primary election participated in a public forum in Venice on Friday afternoon. Incumbent District 3 school board member Tom Edwards and challengers Greg Wood and Thomas Babicz sat beside one another while incumbent District 2 school board chairwoman Karen Rose sat beside her challenger, Liz Barker. The five candidates fielded questions from a moderator and audience members during the 90-minute forum. ...
Sarasota unveils new all-terrain wheelchair for disabled individuals at Lido Beach
The city of Sarasota showed off a new, all-terrain wheelchair this week that will allow people with disabilities easier access to the sand on Lido Beach. The EcoRover is an electric, tracked chair the user controls with a joystick or by a companion with a remote control. During a press conference, the official who oversees city compliance with federal disability access requirements, Jake Brown, demonstrated how easily the chair moves across the sand. ...
Time Magazine named Sarasota’s Selby Gardens one of the World’s Greatest Places
Sarasota’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has even more bragging rights as of Thursday, when Time magazine announced its annual list of the World’s Greatest Places. On the list of 100 places, Selby Gardens was one of only eight found in the United States. It was also the only...
Devastating News for WSLR Radio and Fogartyville
This is devastating.This decision limits our ability to provide the community with the world-class talent that you have come to expect. Their decision did not come as a surprise to us. We became aware during last year’s funding process that Commissioner Mike Moran would be challenging our TDC funding. That did not happen in 2023, instead, the Commission decided to restructure the criteria by which grants would be awarded.
Florida's IMG Academy has 14 Olympians from 11 countries and territories competing in Paris
At IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, some 4,600 miles from Paris, they’ll be watching the Summer Olympics with tons of interest. And for good reason. The school has 14 alums in the Paris Games, representing 11 countries and territories. Australia’s Josh Green (basketball) Canada’s Dwight Powell (basketball)
Catalyst For Change | The Cove at 47th to open first of five phases in mid-August
A highly-anticipated development in the South Cape will be ready to house tenants next month. The Cove at 47th, at 870 S.E. 47th Terrace, will open its first of five phases in mid-August, with the subsequent phases rolling out monthly. The first phase will include the opening of 109 units,...
Panel discusses homelessness and new law aimed at the homeless
A panel of five, with the hope of finding solutions for the county’s homeless population, met at Fort Myers High School. An audience of over 100 sat and listened as the panelists discussed the complex issue. The Panel:. Hosted by the Lee County Homeless Coalition and moderated by Dr....
Cape Coral takes action on rental properties not following rules
Cape Coral is going after homeowners who are not following the rules. WINK News Reporter Olivia Jean was in Cape Coral all day Monday, talking with neighbors who are tired of dealing with residential rental properties not abiding by the rules. . Not even 24 hours after the story aired...
Feds arrest convicted bank robber in Broward
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A convicted bank robber was back behind bars in Broward County five years after the FBI arrested him. Lucas Simoes Del Negro was 23 when FBI Special Agent Kristin Pollard identified him as the man who wore a black T-shirt, dark jeans, and black and white sneakers to rob the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Hallandale Beach.
Man caught on video climbing balcony to steal birds in Hialeah
A man was caught on surveillance video climbing to a second-floor balcony and stealing two birds in a cage from a Hialeah home. The birds’ owner, Miriam Cruz, was visibly frustrated as she spoke to our sister station Telemundo 51 about the crime at her apartment complex on West 12th Avenue and 47th Place on Thursday.
Triple shooting leaves 2 dead in West Little River: Police
A woman and a man were shot and killed and another man is fighting for his life after a shooting in West Little River on Friday. The scene surrounded a mobile home park on N Miami Avenue and 79th Street. Miami-Dade police said it happened at 8:55 p.m. Two of...
Convicted felon with history of violence arrested in Davie
DAVIE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Corrections released Jordan Nevarez in February and he was already back behind bars. Records show police officers arrested Nevarez, 27, of Pembroke Pines, on Friday, in Davie. Broward Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies booked the convicted felon at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale.
It sure feels like the hottest July ever, but is it actually? Here’s what forecasters say
We know it’s been “hotter than July” in Miami to borrow a title from Stevie Wonder. That’s not just a general feeling of malaise whenever we’ve occasion to walk outside and as the National Weather Service in Miami issues yet another heat advisory for Saturday.
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