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Boca Grande Brings Back Beloved Easter Seashell Hunt for Families

Looking for something a little different this Easter? Skip the eggs and dive into The Great Seashell Hunt on Boca Grande!. This year they’re bringing back one of the island’s favorite family events at the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum, and it’s a tradition your kids won’t forget. Mark your calendar for...
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Cape Coral City Council OKs purchase of owl preservation lot

Cape Coral City Council approved the purchase of its 13th lot for the preservation of burrowing owl habitats. Resolution 61-26 passed 7-1 with Councilmember Keith Long opposing Wednesday due to the price tag of $47,960, including fees and closing costs. Long questioned the transactions of the property, which sold...
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E-bike Rule No. 1: See, and be seen

VENICE — Electronic bicycles — e-bikes — are proliferating almost faster than the law and public awareness can keep up.
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Fatal crash closes I-75 in Charlotte County

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A fatal crash has closed northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 154 in Charlotte County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Northbound Interstate 75 is closed at exit 143 (Bayshore Road), with traffic being diverted off the interstate. Motorist are encouraged to use State Road 31...
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Landowner lawsuit over Florida scrub jays has national ramifications

There’s no “Cutest Critter in Florida” contest but, if there were, I can name a few contestants. The diminutive Key deer, for one. The seagrass-munching manatee for another. And, of course, the friendly Florida scrub jay.
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Punta Gorda Family Thwarts Attempted Meeting Between 13-Year-Old and Bradenton Man

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A 20-year-old Bradenton man is behind bars after a family in Punta Gorda discovered his communications with a 13-year-old girl and intercepted him as he returned to their home. Kevin Lopez Perez was arrested on Friday, March 27, 2026, by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Major The post Punta...
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Cape Coral Sword Showdown On Everest Parkway Ends In Arrest

A neighborhood argument in Cape Coral turned cinematic Wednesday evening when, police say, a 41-year-old man pulled a roughly three-foot sword from his truck, threatened a neighbor, then took off in a white Chevrolet pickup before officers tracked him down. Cape Coral police say the man was later arrested and the...
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Florida Warehouse Where Prices Feel Almost Too Good to Be True

You know that feeling when you find a twenty-dollar bill in an old jacket pocket? Multiply that by about a hundred, and you are getting close to what shopping in Florida feels like. This liquidator warehouse is the kind of place your frugal aunt would call her “happy place” and...
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WATCH: Deputies rescue 11 after large wave capsizes boat off Florida coast

A pontoon boat with 11 people on board overturned near Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday, leaving 2 people injured, according to footage from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
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Two Arrested After Cocaine Sale at Punta Gorda Bar Parking Lot

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Two men were arrested after deputies observed a cocaine sale in the parking lot of a local bar, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators with the Narcotics Unit said they had been monitoring Phillip Jerome Barker Jr., 36, and had probable cause for his The post Two...

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