The controversial trolley pilot program on Marco IslandPotential Tropical System 9 forecast to become Cat 3 hurricane before landfall
MARCO ISLAND The controversial trolley pilot program on Marco Island A trolley is causing an awful lot of controversy on Marco Island.
Potential Tropical System 9 forecast to become Cat 3 hurricane before landfall The majority of computer models are currently showing landfall in either the Big Bend or Panhandle of Florida Thursday into early Friday.
FORT MYERS BEACH Shrimping industry’s resilience after devastation As southwest Florida continues to rebuild after Hurricane Ian, one industry hit especially hard was shrimping.
FORT MYERS Police investigating a shooting at a Fort Myers apartment complex A shooting investigation is underway at an apartment complex in Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH Are residents of Fort Myers Beach prepared for another potential storm? Every storm is different, when Tropical Storm Debby hit SWFL last month, it left a mess on Fort Myers Beach.
FORT MYERS Should you expect to lose your power with this potential tropical system? After Hurricane Ian or any major storm, it’s almost a given that there will be some type of impact on your power.
NAPLES Protecting baby squirrels during storms The height of squirrel breeding season means Von Arx Wildlife Hospital has its hands full.
NAPLES From deli dreams to mushroom masters, brothers bring fungi to Naples Since 2020, two brothers have been growing varieties of fungi and selling them at their Naples storefront.
Protect yourself: How to avoid falling for a rental scam The FBI said there are nearly 70 thousand reported instances of real estate and rental cybercrimes with more than $1.4 billion lost from 2018 to 2023.
FORT MYERS 40 Under 40: Chef Lisa Brown mixes ingredients for healthy body and mind I serve as a private chef, which means that I travel to people’s homes to help them prepare delicious and nutritious food,
LEHIGH ACRES For a Lehigh lineman, pigskin and pigs are passed down passions Lehigh lineman Jeremiah Rugama’s two passed down passions are football and showing pigs and steers.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers woman swims across the North Channel for Multiple Sclerosis A woman is making a name for herself as the first Floridian to complete a 21-mile swim across the North Channel, from Ireland to Scotland, to raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis.
Truck in canal after hit-and-run crash on I-75; at least 1 injured A crash in Collier County has caused major backups on I-75 in both directions near Immokalee Road.
SANIBEL Sanibel is being proactive in face of potential tropical system Whenever there is tropical activity, our barrier islands face the biggest threat, and Sanibel is preparing for whatever is brewing in the Caribbean.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda homeowners blame nearby demolition for damage A demolition project is apparently demolishing more than it should.
MARCO ISLAND The controversial trolley pilot program on Marco Island A trolley is causing an awful lot of controversy on Marco Island.
Potential Tropical System 9 forecast to become Cat 3 hurricane before landfall The majority of computer models are currently showing landfall in either the Big Bend or Panhandle of Florida Thursday into early Friday.
FORT MYERS BEACH Shrimping industry’s resilience after devastation As southwest Florida continues to rebuild after Hurricane Ian, one industry hit especially hard was shrimping.
FORT MYERS Police investigating a shooting at a Fort Myers apartment complex A shooting investigation is underway at an apartment complex in Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH Are residents of Fort Myers Beach prepared for another potential storm? Every storm is different, when Tropical Storm Debby hit SWFL last month, it left a mess on Fort Myers Beach.
FORT MYERS Should you expect to lose your power with this potential tropical system? After Hurricane Ian or any major storm, it’s almost a given that there will be some type of impact on your power.
NAPLES Protecting baby squirrels during storms The height of squirrel breeding season means Von Arx Wildlife Hospital has its hands full.
NAPLES From deli dreams to mushroom masters, brothers bring fungi to Naples Since 2020, two brothers have been growing varieties of fungi and selling them at their Naples storefront.
Protect yourself: How to avoid falling for a rental scam The FBI said there are nearly 70 thousand reported instances of real estate and rental cybercrimes with more than $1.4 billion lost from 2018 to 2023.
FORT MYERS 40 Under 40: Chef Lisa Brown mixes ingredients for healthy body and mind I serve as a private chef, which means that I travel to people’s homes to help them prepare delicious and nutritious food,
LEHIGH ACRES For a Lehigh lineman, pigskin and pigs are passed down passions Lehigh lineman Jeremiah Rugama’s two passed down passions are football and showing pigs and steers.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers woman swims across the North Channel for Multiple Sclerosis A woman is making a name for herself as the first Floridian to complete a 21-mile swim across the North Channel, from Ireland to Scotland, to raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis.
Truck in canal after hit-and-run crash on I-75; at least 1 injured A crash in Collier County has caused major backups on I-75 in both directions near Immokalee Road.
SANIBEL Sanibel is being proactive in face of potential tropical system Whenever there is tropical activity, our barrier islands face the biggest threat, and Sanibel is preparing for whatever is brewing in the Caribbean.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda homeowners blame nearby demolition for damage A demolition project is apparently demolishing more than it should.
A trolley is causing an awful lot of controversy on Marco Island. Some people are for the trolley, saying it will make getting around the island easier and will bring in tourist dollars. However, many permanent residents are not fans of the plan. WINK News reporter Jolena Esperto gave us their reasoning. $200 thousand, the price tag for what the city council calls a pilot program to help curb traffic and congestion during the busy season from January through March. But some, like Michael Josephs who calls Marco Island home, don’t think it will help. “This is an experiment for just three months, and it’s $206,000 we have concerns about that for several reasons. Number one, most of the island citizens are against this. Number two, there are not clear metrics as to what a successful period of time for this trolley to run will be, we don’t really know what. What does it mean?” asked Josephs. Josephs attends the Marco Island City Council meetings regularly with a group that wears these buttons that say “Stop the trolley”. During the last meeting, Marco Island city councilor Rich Blonna said, “It just amazes me as a former academic, a former professor, whose whole life was dedicated to exploring knowledge, gaining new ideas, and studying things for the purpose of gathering information — how anti-intellectual this group is, how afraid of information.” “We were really, really appalled by the response by the city council,” said Josephs. The proposal would change route 21, which is Marco Island’s Collier area transit bus. Instead, there would be a trolley route with two beach busses that would continuously make trips up and down the Marco Island coast starting at Veterans Park. Howard Reed spoke out against the pilot program, “This trolley, which is really just Collier County transit busses, going round and round and round all day into the evening. We do not want it.”