Matlacha News

It's "Christmas in July" at Bert's Bar and Grill, 4271 Pine Island Rd. in Matlacha, as the Yard Dogs release their 7th recording, "Christmas With The Yard Dogs." The concert and party begins at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 8. In addition to classics such as "Silent Night, "Little Drummer Boy" and "Up On The House Top", the Yard Dogs have written ...

Living a good life - that's the goal. Sisters Dollie Garee, 96, and Maizie Hewitt, 101, have mastered that one.

In Southeast Asia, rice bags often get a second life as market totes. Gecko Traders, a Fair Trade-certified company, takes that recycling one step further by hiring silk producers in Cambodia to weave the bags new life as accessories.

The brush fire was contained at around 7:40 this afternoon, according to the Cape Coral Fire Department.

The colorful Lovegrove Gallery and Garden can hardly be missed while driving through Matlacha.

Since September of 2003, Bob Corriere and his relatives have owned and operated Moretti's Waterfront Seafood Restaurant, but recently they added a weekly Sunday event they call "Local's Day." While being entertained by live music, patrons can peel and eat shrimp for 35 cents a piece.

A visit to Andy's Island Seafood in Matlacha, Fla., can turn into an impromptu cooking class.

If you want to tempt a wine lover, promise them that elusive experience of tasting a wine of mystique, a wine they've never had before and one that's been lovingly crafted from a rare grape variety that's seldom been enjoyed outside its home village.

A visit to Andy's Island Seafood in Matlacha can turn into an impromptu cooking class.

Radio host, songwriter and peformer Austin Church will be performing at the Twisted Conch on June 12 as part of the Creative Concert series.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement today: Palm Beach Boulevard , Fort Myers Three Oaks Parkway, Fort Myers / Estero Pine Island Road , Cape Coral / Matlacha Locations are selected based upon high incidents of crashes, traffic surveys and citizen complaints.

The Alliance for the Arts proudly supports the artists and arts organizations in our area as the state designated Local Arts Agency for Lee County.

That might not stop a 19 percent budget cut to Florida's Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas, or CAMA, from trickling down to aquatic preserves that cover tens of thousands of acres at Rookery Bay in Collier County and at Estero Bay, Pine Island, Charlotte Harbor and Matlacha Pass in Lee County, CAMA officials say.

Pineapples are a sign of welcome and prosperity, which is exactly what Jenny Miller wants in her life.

FORT MYERS, Fla. The Lee County Marine Law Enforcement Task Force will be conducting a Boating Under the Influence enforcement operation throughout Lee County on Saturday, May 16 from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. The task force includes police departments from Cape Coral, Ft.

People, Places and Things 9:39 p.m., Thursday, May 14, 2009 People, Places and Things : New library A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. today at the South Regional Branch Library at 8965 Lely Cultural Parkway, Naples.

The rumbles of Harleys and other bikes were heard Thursday in Matlacha when the island's first Bike Night took place.

A basic skills and seamanship boating class will be held from 7-9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, today-June 11, at the Publix at Santa Barbara Boulevard and Veterans Parkway.

Some will use the under-hand lob while others will opt for the windup-and-pitch technique as mullet tossers pit their fish flinging skills against one another during the 18th Annual Mullet Toss Championship.

Matlacha Grandma pulls a gun on road ragers A Southwest Florida pistol packing granny pulled her gun on a car of young guys - who she says were full of road rage.