To the editor: RE: Postmaster's Report – Recommended Holiday Shipping and Mailing Dates As the Postmaster for the city of Fort Myers, I want to assure you that the U.S. Postal Service is primed and ready to deliver exceptional service during the 2024 holiday rush. Thanks to the substantial ...
To the editor: Increased death threats for healthcare insurers has resulted in a new industry of enhanced security for the administrators. With their multi-million dollar salaries and stock options, they must be protected from angry patients with guns. They now must live in a bubble of fear ...
The five new members of the Cape Coral City Council – elected on their opposition to the prior Council doubling its own pay – are on a fast track to find out who really runs Cape Coral: the Voters or the Administrative State. The five fresh faces started out at their first meeting on Nov. ...
Cape Coral City Council last week snipped a staff “policy” that entangled residential properties in a board-approved tree fund ordinance intended to give commercial developers options when meeting city codes for landscaping and green space. The elected board decided that requiring ...
We are facing a situation in Southwest Florida that is all too familiar to area gardeners: following hurricanes Helene and Milton in September and October, many of our plants were damaged and either broken or required pruning. The warm temperatures that followed encouraged a burst of new ...
Cold nights, bright day skies and low water will test the inshore angler’s skills this weekend. With nights in the 50s, sleep in Saturday and Sunday then hit the water for the late afternoon warmup for your best shot at cold tolerant redfish and spotted trout. The afternoon starts with ...
In labs across America, scientists and researchers are making breakthroughs that could transform the treatment of rare diseases. These projects give much-needed hope to rare disease patients around the world. Yet they may have a harder time attracting the investment they need if lawmakers let ...
In 2024, we marked the remarkable 60-year journey of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. This anniversary offered us the chance to not only celebrate our many achievements made possible with strong community support and engagement, but also look ahead with a renewed sense of purpose. Our ...
Across the country, teachers and administrators are working to address two major challenges: learning loss and student engagement. A variety of factors make it difficult for students to attend class and stay engaged in their schoolwork — including pandemic-related learning gaps, mental ...
To the editor: It was good news to hear that Cape Coral will retain the 25% CRS discount for our flood insurance. I found it interesting that our city is also assisting other counties in how to comply with the CRS system when it still cannot perform the tasks required for ourselves. While ...
