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    Ultimate upgrades available at Hertz

    Next time you’re renting a car in Fort Myers, why not skip the usual four-doorsedan and go with the Ferrari instead.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
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    Michael Edwards was sentenced to 60 years for a non-violent drug conviction. news-press.com file photo

    Donation fund set up for Fort Myers man sentenced to 60 years for non-violent drug offense

    Friends and relatives of Michael Edwards have set up a fund to try to tap a lawyer with experience in constitutional law to reduce his 60-year sentence.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
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    Bride-to-be Diana Hatton holds a small box that contains her and fiancee George Ross's wedding bands before their ceremony. Sarah Coward/The News-Press

    Weddings get special room

    Couples getting married at the Lee clerk of court office in downtown Fort Myers are being offered a more intimate environment for their nuptials.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
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    Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott makes his case for a budget increase Monday at the Lee County Commission workshop. ANDREW WEST/THE NEWS-PRESS

    Sheriff Scott wants bigger budget; commissioners talk property tax increase

    Lee County commissioners John Manning and Tammy Hall voiced support Monday for raising property tax rates to help fund a bigger sheriff's budget at a hearing that was held in preparation for passing a budget Sept. 18.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Randy Henderson

    Parking-problem pantry gets council's sympathy

    Authorities gave Lee County's largest food pantry more time Monday to work out its parking woes after the pantry received an order to close within 30 days.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Lee sergeant's bar behavior leads to demotion

    Three Lee County deputies have been reprimanded following internal investigations of three separate incidents that the sheriff's office said revealed the deputies broke agency policy.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    A volunteer at the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Fort Myers carries a box of donated bread to help get the food distributed to the local needy. news-press.com file photo

    St. Vincent de Paul gets help: Fort Myers council buys some time for food pantry to work out issue

    Fort Myers Councilman Thomas Leonardo wants to bring up at tonight’s council meeting the city’s decision to force St. Vincent de Paul to close in 30 days because of the traffic congestion it is causing.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Volunteers, the homeless and clients of the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Fort Myers unload food from Harry Chapin Food pantry that goes to the needy in 2009. Andrew West/news-press.com

    City orders St. Vincent's food pantry in Fort Myers closed

    Group serves 700 hungry families per week.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
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    Rose Rundle

    City rejects grievance from former Harborside general manager

    The city of Fort Myers has denied a grievance hearing request filed by the former general manager of the Harborside Event Center this week.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
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    Ambulance driver cleared in fatal Fort Myers crash

    The driver of an ambulance that collided with an SUV, resulting in the death of an unborn baby in February, won’t be charged.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
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    Rose Rundle

    Ex-Harborside boss files grievance against Fort Myers

    The former general manager of the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers has filed a grievance with the city through an attorney, stating the city violated its policies.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
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    Rose Bernal-Rundle, former general manager of the Harborside Event Center Special to news-press.com

    Harborside's former GM files grievance with city, wants job back

    The former general manager of the Harborside Event Center has filed a grievance with the city through an attorney, stating the city violated its own policies.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
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    Jack R. Schoonover

    Former Southwest Florida judge, 78, dies

    Even though Jack R. Schoonover had been practicing law and presiding over courtrooms for more than 50 years, he was still a student of law. The longtime Southwest Florida District Court judge died Monday at his Fort Myers home. He was 78.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
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    Flanked by a large, inflatable caged pig, members of animal rights group Mercy for Animals protested along Colonial Boulevard today. Justin Kline/news-press.com

    Animal rights group stages Walmart protest in Fort Myers

    Flanked by a large, inflatable caged pig, members of animal rights group Mercy for Animals protested along Colonial Boulevard today.

    • Jun. 10, 2013

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