Fort Myers

The new plan to manage the water flow from Lake Okeechobee throughout the Everglades is making its final rounds among various higher-ups before expected approval in the fall.

Sometimes there's more drama backstage at a burlesque show than on the boards. That's why Carousel of Burlesque creators Pixel Winters and Freckles Galore are taking audiences "behind the curtain" at this year's Fringe Fort Myers.

The relationship comedy Men Are Dogs is on stage at Fort Myers Theatre. Here's what Southwest Florida theater goers can expect from local playwright Joe Simonelli in the coming months.

Contractors for the City of Fort Myers will be conducting sanitary sewer evaluation smoke tests Monday, May 20 through Friday, May 24.The goal of the comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Survey is to reduce the amount groundwater and storm water from entering the system, reducing the risk of sanitary sewer overflows, and improving overall system reliability.

The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency held a listening session to encourage ideas for the Cleveland Avenue Redevelopment Plan.

What should the future of the Cleveland Avenue corridor look like? The City of Fort Myers wants to hear your thoughts.The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency will hold a listening session Thursday from 5:30-7:30 p,m. at the Holiday Inn, 2431 Cleveland Avenue.

Nearly 64 years after construction began on what was then described as "Negro housing," the low-income dwellings at Southward Village in Fort Myers' Dunbar neighborhood were demolished this week.On Wednesday morning, the workers began taking down the squat, light tropical-colored buildings. Information from the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers described the project as "a major step of progression for the Greater Dunbar Initiative."

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued its fifth health alert this year, four of which have been due to blue-green algae in the Caloosahatchee River.

The White Coral homeownership project in Fort Myers will provide 26 single family homes.

Art conservators are nearing completion of their restoration of Rachel at the Well on McGregor Boulevard. The Grecian maiden was severely damaged when a heavy wrought iron fence fell on her during Hurricane Ian.