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Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Estero's Variety Club offers recreation for adults with disabilities (miamiherald.com) — Adults with disabilities in Fort Myers now have expanded access to Lee County's Variety Club, which has shifted from the Karl J. Drews Community Center to recreation centers in Estero and North Fort Myers. The weekday program offers affordable social, fitness, and community activities, but requires registration, a small monthly fee, and separate transportation arrangements through services like LeeTran Passport.
2. Nine women and their pivotal roles in Fort Myers, Florida, history (miamiherald.com) — Fort Myers residents get a rich look at nine women who helped shape the city's schools, hospitals, arts scene, and neighborhoods from its frontier days to modern times. From early educator Evalina Gonzales to arts champion Berne Davis and community leader Dr. Ella Mae Piper, the piece highlights how their civic work still influences daily life around town.
3. Syracuse basketball 4-star, 5-star targets to battle at 2026 City of Palms Classic (insidetheloudhouse.com) — A major high school basketball showcase, the 2026 City of Palms Classic, is coming to Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers from December 18–23, bringing top national recruits and powerhouse prep programs. While the article spotlights Syracuse targets, it also signals a rare chance for Fort Myers fans to see future college stars compete locally over six days of elite games.
4. Express lanes, among other improvements part of I-75 improvement project to begin later this fall (wgcu.org) — A major I-75 widening project between Golden Gate Parkway and Corkscrew Road will add express and auxiliary lanes, new noise walls, and a diverging diamond interchange at Immokalee Road, with work starting this fall. For Fort Myers drivers, the project builds on the diverging diamond opened at Colonial Boulevard in 2025 and aims to ease congestion across Southwest Florida by early 2027.
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