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Bruno's of Brooklyn, a popular Italian eatery, will move from its Second Street location sometime early to mid-2024, said Cal Bruno. Cal and his wife Genevieve purchased the building at the corner of First and Dean streets nine days before Hurricane Ian. The building cost $1.2 million, according to Lee County property records.

The city Board of Adjustments approved Bruno’s Brooklyn Bites Food Truck Park with a 5-0 vote. The park will be on McGregor Boulevard near the Edison-Ford Estate.

The performer belting out some of the most popular songs of the time at the High Hat Club, a venue on what was then Anderson Avenue and now Martin Luther King Boulevard in Dunbar, looked like the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, dressed like Franklin and sounded like Franklin, but she wasn’t Franklin.

Jim Miller was a junior high school student who loved watching American Bandstand after school. When he spotted Justine Carrelli he was immediately smitten. More than a half- century later they were married. “He still treats me like I’m the queen of the hop,” Justine said.

The nearest other proton therapy centers for Southwest Florida residents are two in Miami, one in Delray Beach and one in Orlando. Two centers are planned for Tampa Bay.

Signs on the south Lee County theater's doors say “Regal Coconut Point is now closed. We invite you to visit Regal Gulf Coast.” Regal still has multiplexes in Naples, at Gulf Coast Town Center, Bell Tower Shops and Port Charlotte Town Center in Southwest Florida.

A sitemap on the mall’s website shows an area for “proposed multi-family” that begins just east of Dick’s Sporting Goods and ends at the north-south road that separates the town center from fast-food restaurants McDonald’s and Pollo Tropical.

Grass turned brown by the weight of hurricane debris may not have to be re-sod. Give it some time to see if the green, green grass of your home returns.

With more than 900 rental bikes gone, along with vehicles and other items, Billy Kirkland is trying to figure out how his future and the island fit together.

Thank a high-pressure system and northerly, dry winds for the beautiful weather since Hurricane Ian blasted through Southwest Florida on September 28.