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Charlotte County Clerk streamline permitting, commencement notices
Charlotte County Clerk of the Circuit Court Roger Eaton and the county’s Community Development Department announced the launch of a streamlined building permit application process that allows notices of commencement to be electronically recorded directly into the clerk’s official records. The new system eliminates the need for citizens...
Tim Aten Knows: Restaurants continue to come and go
Q: Was wondering if you possibly knew when Havana Libre at Founders Square would be opening up? —Stephen Christ, North Naples. A: A new local restaurant, Havana Libre Cuban Cuisine, plans to launch Friday, Aug. 23, in The Plaza at Founders Square, the Collier County retail strip anchored by Sunshine Ace Hardware on the southeast corner of Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard.
Lawmakers condemn arrival of Cuban Communist Party leader who’s come to live in Miami
Republican members of Florida’s congressional delegation have complained to the Biden administration that a former high-ranking communist official from Cuba recently immigrated to the United States through Miami International Airport.
‘The neighborhood has been decimated:’ Residents off Bahia Vista Street still trying to pick up the pieces
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - More than two weeks after Hurricane Debby flooded parts of Sarasota, residents off Bahia Vista Street continue gutting homes and drying out. Street after street, lined with mountains of destroyed personal belongings. “The neighborhood has been decimated. I mean, all life is gone,” said Dana Burnell,...
Sarasota County: All access to Caspersen Beach closed until further notice
VENICE – Sarasota County closed all access to Caspersen Beach Park effective Wednesday because of the significant damage to Harbor Drive South from storm surge from Tropical Storm Debby on Aug 4. The storm damaged a portion of the road just north of the entrance. ...
Man arrested after FHP pursuit and crash in Fort Myers
A vehicle pursuit early Saturday morning ended in a crash. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver has been identified as Frank Edward Tatum of Lehigh Acres. When FHP, conducted the traffic stop on a vehicle at SR 82 and Michigan Ave., Tatum initially pulled over on the shoulder, then accelerated and fled.
Losing Broward school board candidate appointed to State Board of Education
A Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed member of the Broward County School Board who was rejected this week for election to the board will become a member of the Florida Board of Education instead. The govenor’s press office announced the new appointment of Daniel Foganholi, director of legislative affairs for New Generations Children’s Ministry, on Friday. Appointed […]
Lost World Books to hold grand opening on Saturday
FORT MYERS Lost World Books is holding its grand opening Saturday in Downtown Fort Myers with an all-day "End of Summer Bash" to bring the community together. The store is located at 1815 Fowler St. #3. The festivities begin at 10 a.m. As part of the event, there will be yoga,...
Florida quietly pulls LGBTQ+ travel info from state website
Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists. So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned that Florida's tourism marketing agency quietly removed the "LGBTQ Travel" section from its website sometime in the past few months. Business owners who cater to Florida's LGBTQ+ tourists said Wednesday that it marked the latest attempt by officials in the state to erase the LGBTQ+ community. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis previously championed a bill to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and...
FutureMakers Coalition chosen for national effort to rethink, revitalize economies in rural communities
Nonprofit institute CivicLab selected Fort Myers-based FutureMakers Coalition at Collaboratory to participate in a three-year incubator to rethink and revitalize communities by strengthening rural higher education and employment systems. The coalition will receive training, technical assistance and direct financial support for system-level strategies that create stronger education-to-employment pathways aligned to future economies. It will also receive new data sets and methodologies to support a novel approach to economic development. CivicLab will provide its spatial diversity census books and new methods of qualitative data collection and analysis to each community, supplementing their existing use of labor market data. Each partnership will co-create a work plan that builds upon its existing efforts and implement strategies toward its goals. These plans go beyond organizational strategy and focus entirely on what a community can achieve by working together.
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