Beast of the East Football Game photos click here
Year: 2016
FSW Athletics Unveils Redesigned FSWBucs.com
As part of an existing partnership with PrestoSports, the Florida SouthWestern State College Department of Athletics…
Pot Search Leads To Illegal Moonshine
Lee County Sheriff Detectives discovered a large illegal moonshine still in a Lehigh Acres home this…
2 Cars Destroyed In Fire at Vista Palms
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office Deputies is investigating after two vehicles went up in flames overnight…
Erica Farsi Withdraws from Fire Board Race
Just like her husband Richard Farsi that last week withdraw from the LAMSD board that cost…
Bill Clinton in Ft Myers
Nearly 350 people turned out Tuesday to welcome the nation’s 42nd president in a room that…
Arts of the Inland Featured Artist for the Month of October 2016
At Lehigh Regional Medical Center, the Arts of the Inland featured artist for the month of…
Lehigh Acres Gazette Staff Attacked
Written by the Publisher Robert Anderson It has come to the attention of the Lehigh Acres…
Publix Store Manager Retires After 33-Year Career That Started In Lehigh Acres
Written By AARON LITTLE Santa Rosa Press Gazette Ron Littleford turned his Publix bagger job into a…
Teacher Assaults Teen and Gets Away With It
Editorial Robert Anderson Publisher Lehigh Acres Gazette An Investigation report filed on Feb 5, 2016 to…
Farsi’s Farce Cost Lee County Taxpayers (UPDATE)
by A. Barrett (staff writer) The local wannabe politician Richard Farsi who was attempting to run…
Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office Mailed Out 154,528 Vote-By-Mail Ballots
The Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office mailed out 154,528 civilian-domestic vote-by-mail ballots on schedule despite…
Farsi Pulls Out of Race
With a little than five weeks to go to the Nov. 8 election, Richard Farsi, who…
Lee County Schools Open Friday
*** ATTENTION *** Lee County Schools Open Friday All Lee County Public Schools and Offices will…
Vehicle Under Investigation
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigation is underway in Lehigh Acres. Deputies were investigating a vehicle…
5 pm Update on Hurricane Matthew
At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Matthew was located near latitude 22.5…
Hurricane Matthew Closures and Updates
The state of Florida is preparing for Hurricane Matthew – a Category 3 storm. Parts of…
Tropical Storm Watch Issued For Lehigh Acres
Tropical Storm Watch issued for Lehigh Acres until 1:30 am Oct 6, 2016 The National Weather…
Did the FBI Have A Secret Meeting With Florida Election Officials
According to a source a secret meeting between the FBI and Florida’s election supervisors was held…
Gov. Scott Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Matthew
A state of emergency has been declared for Florida ahead of Hurricane Matthew as its forecast track moves west.…
DHSMV And Senator Bill Galvano Celebrate 10 Years Of The ECI Program
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), Senator Bill Galvano and Christine Olson…
Slide The City Plans Comeback, But Same Issues Persist
Slide the City, an event that left thousands of people high and dry, says it’s coming…
G. Weaver Hipps Elem. Next School to Embrace The Leader in Me Program
G. Weaver Hipps Elem is one of more than 20 in Lee County to embrace the…
Eight Lehigh Acres Fire Fighters are Double Dripping Your Taxpayer Money
Eight Lehigh Acres Firefighters are in the DROP program – The Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP),…
Vegheads 4H Club Members Re-Sort Packets Of Vegetable Seeds
If Lehigh Acres VegHeads had visions of lettuce, spinach, squash, carrot and pepper seeds dancing in…
Recommendations for the November 8, 2016 General Elections
Lehigh Acres Gazette’s Recommendations for the November 8, 2016 General Elections State Senator Dist 27 (REP) Lizbeth…
Secretary Julian Castro of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development visits Lehigh Acres
Back in 2008-09, foreclosures were through the roof in Lee County. Eight years later, there is…
Pumpkins Patch Returns
Pumpkins, pumpkins and more to come by the 15. That’s the word this week from Pastor…
BUPAC (Business people United for Political Action Committee) Endorsements
BUPAC, a group that meets weekly to hear a candidate speak and answer unfiltered questions from…
Homestead Rd Construction Starts Oct 16
Alabama Road to South of Sunrise Blvd will finally start construction Oct 16 A list other…
Florida Skin Center Opens New Center in Lehigh Acres
Dr. Anais Aurora Badia opened Florida Skin Centers Ft Myers and Cape Coral in July 2001,…
General Womens Club of Lehigh Acres Monthly Update
The General Womens Club of Lehigh Acres will hold its second meeting of the season on Friday,…
Marijuana Bust in Lehigh Acres
An East District Community Policing Deputy garnered information from an arrestee that marijuana was being produced…
Boca Grande Firefighter Suspended After Use Of Racial Slur
A veteran firefighter was suspended after posting a racial slur to his Facebook page. Lt. Michael D’Angelo, a…
Healthy Harvest Community Farms Getting Ready For The Growing Season
As fall gets underway, Healthy Harvest Community Farms is gearing up for a new growing season…
Ohio State-FGCU Gulf Coast Showcase First-Round Game Time Announced
FGCU women’s basketball will welcome a likely Top-10 opponent to Southwest Florida when the Eagles face…
New Zoning Requests for Lehigh Acres
TIMBER CREEK Request: to Rezone +/- 695 acres from Agricultural (AG-2) to Residential Planned Development (RPD)…
Lehigh Acres Political Forum Scheduled for Oct 13
Thursday night, Oct 13, 2016 at the Lehigh Acres Middle School (104 Arthur Ave.) the community is being invited…