Annette Montgomery

A new developer is collaborating with the City of Fort Myers and business leaders to restore McCollum Hall on Martin Luther King Boulevard and revive a cornerstone of the Dunbar community. The community is hopeful Goshen + Cornerstone LLC, recently approved for the project, will restore McCollum Hall to its glory days. The hall was […]

A fire destroyed a house on Deer Road in Charlotte County early Wednesday morning. The blaze was reported around 5:30 a.m. By the time Charlotte County Fire & EMS arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames, so they requested mutual aid from the Punta Gorda Fire Department, which sent a truck. The fire was […]

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a bigger budget to hire and increase the pay of the deputies it says it needs to patrol a growing community. Housing costs and inflation are a few of the reasons CCSO says it needs a $4 million budget increase for deputy salaries and benefits in order […]

Collier County wants to ease traffic congestion and allow for faster emergency response times by extending Wilson Boulevard, and the public has a chance to give input on Monday evening while county officials consider several options. The public meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the multipurpose room of the University […]

On Friday morning, Valerie’s House, Inc. broke ground on a new Fort Myers facility for helping children work through grief and loss. One in 12 children in Florida will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18, and Valerie’s House provides grief support programs for those children and families who are grieving. […]

Physicians Regional is donating a $75,000 scholarship to the Immokalee Foundation in order to help 12 students interested in health care find the tools and guidance they need for their future careers. The Immokalee Foundation’s Career Pathways program connects students with resources to explore different options for their futures, working with them as early as […]

On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Transportation will hold a workshop in Lee County to identify where the most dangerous drivers are in Southwest Florida, and speeding isn’t the most dangerous behavior being investigated FDOT administrators say the purpose of this workshop is to meet with local partner agencies and community members in Southwest Florida […]

City council members are working to finalize a rule for landlords requiring them to give 60-day notice for rent increases. Rent.com says the average apartment goes for $2,800, which is up 60% from a year ago. Vice Mayor of the City of Naples, Mike McCabe said, “if you just put yourself in the place of […]

People are fuming because they can’t fish at the Naples Pier on Sunday. A big crowd is expected to protest demanding the Sunday ban be moved to a different day of the week. The rule is meant to protect pelicans who were getting hurt on hooks and lines. They do, but there’s no sign the […]

A new bill signed into Florida law implements additional school safety measures, with a focus on mental health and crisis intervention training, but some parents say it does not do enough to address what endangers children at school. HB 1421 allows safe school officers to make arrests on charter school property and requires all safe […]