North Fort Myers

With one eaglet hatched, attention now turns to egg number 2.

Harriett and M15, the North Fort Myers American bald eagle pair who have been visually entertaining bird lovers and others for years via the internet, have been incubating two eggs at their Bayshore Road nest. One egg commenced hatching Tuesday shortly after 8 am.

Ozzie and Harriet were the North Fort Myers site's original bald eagle pair, making the nest their home every year from fall to spring since 2006. Ozzie was injured and died in fall 2015. Harriet & M15 bonded later in the fall of 2015. Cameras have watched the North Fort Myers eagle nest for 12 years.

Lee County Commissioners Tuesday approved a $500,000 interest-free loan to help an affordable housing project in North Fort Myers. The Hermosa community could provide 72 multi-family units for low-income seniors.

As many as 300 people will wake up Thanksgiving morning in a shelter in North Fort Myers. Many of those displaced by Hurricane Ian have been living in shelters for nearly eight weeks.

Some charitable groups in Southwest Florida are getting donations for Thanksgiving meal giveaways in the middle of recovery from Hurricane Ian devastation. Some see it as a way to take joy in the holiday, while others dealing with severe damage or destruction from Ian say they're having trouble getting into a holiday mood.

Some washout near the Caloosahatchee Bridge on U.S. 41 to what FDOT called an "approach slab," and area of the roadway before the bridge actually begins, was noticed and drew concern from FDOT.

FloodGate Medical, a recruiting company headquartered in Tampa, has adopted a hurricane-ravaged community 120 miles away. Volunteers from FloodGate are helping Suncoast Estates, often called the world's largest trailer park, come back from Ian's damage and destruction.

The move to consolidate shelters in Lee County is part of an effort to work with the Florida Department of Emergency Management on a longer-term solution to Hurricane Ian sheltering operations.

Suncoast Estates, the community composed of mostly mobile homes in North Fort Myers, is coping with difficult living conditions and uncertainty after Hurricane Ian. But hundreds of people are getting help from the community center and other resources.