Pedaling through peril: Bicyclists at risk in Southwest Florida
On one typical day turned awry, Erin McGuire was riding her bicycle on the 16-mile Pine Island bike path, which runs the entire length of Southwest Florida's largest island. This was no unfamiliar route. This was a route that Erin rode every day. After Erin’s mother passed away a year and a half ago, she started...
Bank to host blood drive in Fort Myers, amid critical shortage
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank is hosting a blood drive July 11 to help Lee Health address critically low blood supplies. Sign up to donate at their Bridge Branch location in Fort Myers.
Gulf Coast Humane Society breaks ground on new veterinary clinic in Fort Myers
The Gulf Coast Humane Society broke ground Monday on a 10,000-sq. ft. veterinary clinic that will serve Southwest Florida. Slated for completion in spring 2026, the project is being led by Stevens Construction, with GMA Architects & Planners and RESPEC serving as additional partners. Located at 2010 Arcadia St., the...
Kudos to The Staff at Doc Ford’s
Team members from Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille on Fort Myers Beach recently spent a morning volunteering at the Gulf Coast Humane Society. The employees cleaned all the kennels, did laundry, measured and bagged food, and exercised dogs. “Our group enjoyed helping out at the Gulf Coast Humane...
RobertDouglas Advises TPI Hospitality on Refinancing of Margaritaville Beach Resort Fort Myers Beach
Nashville, Tennessee—RobertDouglas announced that it represented TPI Hospitality as the exclusive advisor on the refinancing of the Margaritaville Beach Resort Fort Myers Beach, a 254-room resort in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. The financing, provided by an institutional-grade balance sheet lender, repaid construction...
‘Storm after the storm’: Lee County survivors fight for housing relief after hurricanes
Nearly three years after Hurricane Ian destroyed thousands of homes across Lee County, many survivors are still living in trailers , battling red tape and bureaucracy as they try to rebuild. Now, as officials move tens of millions of dollars away from housing relief and into infrastructure projects, residents are...
LCSO video shows deputies pull couple from burning home
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is sharing body camera footage of the moment deputies rescued a couple from a fully engulfed mobile home fire in North Fort Myers, Tuesday night.
Sea turtle photobombs family photoshoot to lay eggs
This is a rare sighting as sea turtles usually nest at night.
Cameratta Companies Begins Development of Kingston Community in Estero
Cameratta Companies has started construction on the new Kingston community that will span in total over 6,702 acres. The first portion of the land to be developed is approximately 2,700 acres of property. Kingston is known to be a conservation restoration project that will transform a distressed and overgrown...
‘Liquid gold’ draining away as Naples, Fort Myers areas lose more wetlands each year
It should come as no surprise that a huge swath of our wetlands have vanished in the last two decades. The information is right out in the open. No one’s trying to hide it. It’s recorded in formal determinations, public records and perfectly legal permits, all of which are freely available for citizens to examine....
