Lehigh Acres

Registration is open now for anyone who wants to sell items at the Lehigh Acres Community Yard Sale planned for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Veterans Park, 55 Homestead Road S., Lehigh Acres.

Construction on the Able Canal shared-use pathway in Lehigh Acres is to begin today. Flagging and staging activity should be expected at Lehigh Acres Park, but there will be no impact to park users during construction.The nearly $10.2 million project will create a 12-foot-wide, 5.58-mile asphalt path along the north side of the Able Canal. It will include a pedestrian bridge, pavilions, landscaping and other amenities.

LeeTran will begin offering half-priced ULTRA Mobility on Demand rides in Lehigh Acres for bus rides to and from its new Lehigh Acres Park & Ride transit station on Village Lakes Drive, beginning June 12.

Florida's wildfire season is heating up early this year. Right now, blazes surround Southwest Florida

The state of Florida says three times the amount of sewage flow is going into the septic system and it must be addressed; School cries foul, citing the First Amendment.

Ten outside fires of a suspicious origin in the northern section of the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District led to an investigation and a request for residents to watch for possible related activities.

Some people in Lehigh Acres are starting an effort to become a city. Similar campaigns over the past 25 or so years have failed. A new group is trying once again.

A precautionary boil water notice issued September 22 in Lehigh Acres has been rescinded.

An 8- inch water main break in Lehigh Acres caused by a third-party bore contractor Friday, has affected nearly 2,000 customers and prompted an ensuing boil water alert.

Beginning Tuesday, August 1, the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) will be conducting system flushing and temporarily change the disinfection process for the drinking water supply in the Lehigh Acres service area. Color and clarity of water in the system could change noticeably, but the health aspects are negligible.