Tim Aten Knows: Construction expanding Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North NaplesRoad Rules: School bus safety reminders for the 2024-25 school year
Tim Aten Knows: Construction expanding Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North Naples Two outparcel buildings under construction simultaneously on the north and west side of the CVS pharmacy at Airport-Pulling and Vanderbilt Beach roads will have new spaces for restaurants, stores and a variety of additional service concepts at the Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt, said P.J. Hill, leasing manager for the sprawling retail center in North Naples.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Road Rules: School bus safety reminders for the 2024-25 school year As the school year comes closer, drivers need to be aware of these big yellow school buses or face a hefty fine.
ESTERO Type One Timer Youth Hockey Camp helps kids with Type 1 Diabetes The Type One Time Youth Hockey Camp helps kids with type one diabetes both on and off the ice.
CAPE CORAL Groundbreaking ceremony for Festival Park in Cape Coral The groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Festival Park in the Northwest area of Cape Coral is finally taking place.
Boat marooned on land following car crash on US 41 The Florida Highway Patrol is responding to a crash involving a boat on U.S. 41 near Tuckers Grade.
FORT MYERS 3 students receiving treatment following mercury exposure at planetarium Three college students are being treated for mercury exposure at Lee Health after a lightbulb replacement went awry at the Calusa Nature Preserve and Planetarium.
the weather authority Late afternoon and evening scattered storms for your Friday The Weather Authority is tracking hot temperatures and scattered rain storms during the Friday evening commute.
Boil water notice issued at the Burnt Store Marina Service Area The Charlotte County Utilities Department has issued a boil water notice to the Burnt Store Marina Service Area.
FORT MYERS Code orange alert issued at Lee Memorial Hospital A Code Orange alert was issued at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers on U.S. 41 Thursday afternoon after emergency services responded to the Calusa Nature Center for a hazmat situation.
Mother separated from son after code orange at Lee Memorial Hospital A mother was asked to evacuate Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon, leaving her son who has stage 4 cancer.
Number of Lee County registered voters declines A look at the numbers from 2021 to 2024 shows a staggering drop in Lee County, a drop of more than 32,000 registered voters.
FORT MYERS Panel discusses homelessness and new law aimed at the homeless A panel of five, with the hope of finding solutions for the county’s homeless population, met at Fort Myers High School. An audience of over 100 sat and listened as the panelists discussed the complex issue.
ESTERO Estero community battles polluted water Recently, in this gated community called the Cascades, one neighbor noticed something fishy in her pond and brought it to a professor’s attention at Florida Gulf Coast University.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral takes action on rental properties not following rules Cape Coral is going after homeowners who are not following the rules.
What you should know about mercury poisoning WINK News responded to the scene of a code orange a Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday evening. Here’s what you should know about mercury exposure.
Tim Aten Knows: Construction expanding Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North Naples Two outparcel buildings under construction simultaneously on the north and west side of the CVS pharmacy at Airport-Pulling and Vanderbilt Beach roads will have new spaces for restaurants, stores and a variety of additional service concepts at the Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt, said P.J. Hill, leasing manager for the sprawling retail center in North Naples.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Road Rules: School bus safety reminders for the 2024-25 school year As the school year comes closer, drivers need to be aware of these big yellow school buses or face a hefty fine.
ESTERO Type One Timer Youth Hockey Camp helps kids with Type 1 Diabetes The Type One Time Youth Hockey Camp helps kids with type one diabetes both on and off the ice.
CAPE CORAL Groundbreaking ceremony for Festival Park in Cape Coral The groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Festival Park in the Northwest area of Cape Coral is finally taking place.
Boat marooned on land following car crash on US 41 The Florida Highway Patrol is responding to a crash involving a boat on U.S. 41 near Tuckers Grade.
FORT MYERS 3 students receiving treatment following mercury exposure at planetarium Three college students are being treated for mercury exposure at Lee Health after a lightbulb replacement went awry at the Calusa Nature Preserve and Planetarium.
the weather authority Late afternoon and evening scattered storms for your Friday The Weather Authority is tracking hot temperatures and scattered rain storms during the Friday evening commute.
Boil water notice issued at the Burnt Store Marina Service Area The Charlotte County Utilities Department has issued a boil water notice to the Burnt Store Marina Service Area.
FORT MYERS Code orange alert issued at Lee Memorial Hospital A Code Orange alert was issued at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers on U.S. 41 Thursday afternoon after emergency services responded to the Calusa Nature Center for a hazmat situation.
Mother separated from son after code orange at Lee Memorial Hospital A mother was asked to evacuate Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon, leaving her son who has stage 4 cancer.
Number of Lee County registered voters declines A look at the numbers from 2021 to 2024 shows a staggering drop in Lee County, a drop of more than 32,000 registered voters.
FORT MYERS Panel discusses homelessness and new law aimed at the homeless A panel of five, with the hope of finding solutions for the county’s homeless population, met at Fort Myers High School. An audience of over 100 sat and listened as the panelists discussed the complex issue.
ESTERO Estero community battles polluted water Recently, in this gated community called the Cascades, one neighbor noticed something fishy in her pond and brought it to a professor’s attention at Florida Gulf Coast University.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral takes action on rental properties not following rules Cape Coral is going after homeowners who are not following the rules.
What you should know about mercury poisoning WINK News responded to the scene of a code orange a Lee Memorial Hospital Thursday evening. Here’s what you should know about mercury exposure.
Lee County Book Walk is a new way to get kids outside, reading and learning bilingually in Veterans Park. A picture book called “Tree Hugs” is printed page by page on signs along a path through Veterans Park. Each page is written twice, in English and Spanish. Once you are done reading the page, parents and children head to the next one. “Tree Hugs” is a perfect choice for elementary school students and for bilingual education. “He actually is speaking more Spanish than English, and he is starting school this year, so I hope he has better English in the next year,” said local mom Raquel Higueras. Higueras is taking advantage of the bilingual Book Walk to read to her son Einar in English. “I think it’s a great opportunity for learning and exposing kids to reading,” said Megan Neill, mother of a 6-year-old boy. Neill noticed the stands for the book pages on her daily walk in the park with her son. There are 18 pages along the path. “Kind of started looking at them on our walks and our runs, so I started reading them to him as we would go by,” Neill said. The parents might be doing most of the reading, but each page also has lots of pictures for the younger kids to enjoy. “You’re gonna have kids reading together and families walking the path and reading together, and so it just sort of reinforces that picture book reading experience that we love,” said Melissa Baker, manager of programming and community outreach for the Lee County Library System. “I think it’s soothing for him to have something read out loud,” Neill said. “It is also good exposure for language and development.” “It’s very, very nice, very good,” Higueras said. “Super, super funny for the kids, and relaxing.” And Baker said “Tree Hugs” contains more lessons than just English and Spanish reading skills. “It’s a story about friendship and nature… it’s really about trees, and what you can find in the park, so we thought it was perfectly appropriate for our first story to debut here,” Baker said. “Tree Hugs” will be the first of many books on the Book Walk. After summer ends, the Lee County Library System plans to switch out the stories every few months.