Celebrating Pine Islanders: Nellie Price
Community Cooperative announces July Mobile Food Pantry schedule
Community Cooperative has released its July 2026 Mobile Food Pantry schedule, providing community members with access to emergency groceries throughout Southwest Florida. While summer is often associated with vacations and family fun, it can also be one of the most challenging times of the year for households facing food insecurity. With children home from school and family budgets stretched even further, the need for nutritious food remains high. That’s why Community Cooperative takes a proactive approach, delivering fresh produce, pantry staples, and other essential groceries directly into the communities that need them most. Designed to remove barriers and increase access, the ...
Tax Collector to close North Fort Myers service center
The Lee County Tax Collector’s North Fort Myers service center will close at the end of July, with a future office set to open at the end of the year near Page Field. The center in North Fort Myers will close on July 31 as the preparations continue for the new Colonial Service Center at 2116 Colonial Blvd., across the street from the AutoNation Toyota. With the facility’s lease set to expire in August 2027, the agency is taking time to prepare equipment, technology and other resources for the Colonial Service Center office. This will give the agency the ability to reuse existing equipment and furnishings, which will reduce unnecessary costs, officials said Positions have not ...
American Legion District 13 accepting donations for July Teddy Bear Run
American Legion District 13, which serves veterans and their families across Southwest Florida, covering Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee counties, is collecting teddy bears for the Christmas in July Teddy Bear Run to benefit the children at Golisano Children’s Hospital. The run will be held Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m., starting at Post 38 on Jackson Street in Fort Myers. According to Laurene Allen-Flower, District 13 commander, approximately 100 Legion Riders do a Christmas run every year and this year the group has distributed over 4,000 teddy bears that the hospital gives to every child who walks through its doors. “They are already out of teddy bears,” ...
Lee County operations adjust schedules for Independence Day
Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Friday, July 3, in observance of Independence Day. The county’s holiday schedule adjustments are as follows: Solid Waste • Residential garbage, recycling and yard waste schedules in unincorporated Lee County, the Village of Estero and the Town of Fort Myers Beach will not be affected by the Independence Day holiday. • The Reuse Center, 6441 Topaz Court, Fort Myers, is normally open the first Saturday of each month. Due to the holiday, it instead will be open 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 11. • Lee County Solid Waste offices and the Household Chemical Waste Collection Facility, 6441 Topaz Court, are ...
Lee DOT begins sidewalk improvements along Stringfellow Road
The Lee County Department of Transportation reminds Pine Island residents that sidewalk improvements began Monday, June 29, along Stringfellow Road. This project includes the removal and replacement of sidewalk panels in areas where cracking and concrete deterioration have occurred. Construction crews will begin on the south side of Stringfellow Road near St. James City and progress north as work advances. The project schedule will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m, Monday through Saturday. Pedestrians and bicyclists should expect to see intermittent sidewalk closures and are encouraged to follow posted signage. Only the sections of sidewalk being repaired will be closed. The entire ...
Father and son open Green Beret Guns and Ammo
Former military officer and Special Forces,Green Beret Jim Thompson opened the Green Beret Guns and Ammo store in fall of 2025. He said he had thought it would be a much bigger deal, saying the dream was always if he were to win the lottery, he’d open the greatest gun shop with an indoor ...
