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Pine Island Sidewalks

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners formally entered Project ID 24CI into the public ledger, authorizing the Stringfellow Road Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project. Funded through federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery allocations, the engineering schematics defined a rigid perimeter:

Pine Island Land Dev. Code Changes

News from the Greater Pine Island Civic Association
October 13, 2026

GPICA Hosting Two Informational Meetings on Comp Plan & Land Development Code Changes

By now you've probably heard talk around town about changes that Lee County is proposing to its Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. The proposals would make sweeping changes to land and development planning across the county and could result in fewer protections for unique communities — including Pine Island.

Flamingo Bay Fire 7-18-26

In the evening on July 18, 2026, multiple fire unit responded to a reported structure fire in Flamingo Bay in St. James City.

Pine Island's America 250th Birthday Parade

Americas' 250th Birthday of Freedom and Annual Pine Island 4th of July, 2026 parade and events --- began as in previous years at 10 AM, at Winn Dixie shopping plaza and proceeded north on Stringfellow Road.

Residents got up early in celebration as residents and kids lined up on both sides of the street to watch the parade and gather candy and prizes thrown by the floats passing by.

Excavation/Construction Causes Water Main Break for Bokeelia

Excavation/Construction caused a water main that affected Bokeelia on Tuesday, 6/30/26.

The break happened near the tennis courts at Pine Island Center where work was being done and occurred around 4 pm and lasted until around 10 pm.

Sidewalk Improvements Begin Monday 6/29 Along Stringfellow

Fort Myers, FL, June 25, 2026 – The Lee County Department of Transportation (DOT) reminds Pine Island residents that sidewalk improvements will begin Monday 6/29, along Stringfellow Road.

Matlacha Park, Boat Ramp, Parking Lot to Close - May 1st-13th for Resurfacing

Matlacha Park, boat ramp and parking lot to close temporarily for resurfacing

Fire Station in St. James City to be Replaced

Lee County Solid Waste to Begin Seasonal Adjustments to Schedule

Some areas of county will see trash, recycling and yard-waste pickup begin one and a half hours earlier

Fort Myers, FL, April 22, 2026 – Residents of unincorporated Lee County, are asked to set their trash, recycling and yard waste to the curb by 5 a.m. beginning Friday, May 1.

4 Vehicle Involved Accident in Bokeelia

Friday morning at approx 7:20 am, a four vehicle involved accident occurred at the intersection of Stringfellow Rd.

Lee County Cuts Ribbon on Matlacha Restoration

Lee County Celebrates Matlacha’s 100-year anniversary of the restoration of two Lee County Matlacha park facilities and the reconstruction of FDOT’s Little Pine Island Bridge

Lee Co Responds to Drawbridge Closure Concerns

We have received a few inquiries from the community related to our announcement of the progress on the Matlacha Drawbridge, which is having mechanical openings this week for the first time since Hurricane Ian.

Matlacha Drawbridge Testing 2-24 thru 2-26 Plus 60 Days

Lee County announces progress on resuming drawbridge mechanical operations in Matlacha

Harbor Drive Home Fire

On Sunday 2-22-26 at about 4pm, the Pine Island/Matlacha Fire Dept. was dispatched to 14141 Harbor Drive where a home fire was fully underway.

Snow Plows Not Required

Pine Island has lots of tractors, but dedicated snow plows we don't have.

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Little Known Facts

Who's The Real Enemy?
Average Prices as of 3/10/22
Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline.
The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline
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UPDATE:
Temp Extremes
on Earth's surface
These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps!
7-20-2016!
Iraq: 126deg. F.
Antartica: -91deg. F.
217 deg. spread
8-4-2021!
Samoa: 129deg. F.
Antarctica: -96deg. F.
225 deg. spread
4 deg. warmer
5 deg. colder
>In over 5 Years<
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Sea Levels in Pineland
have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet?
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The Dollar's Value IS Tanking!
'92-'05 ~ $400 oz.
2011 - $1800+ oz.
The Gold Story
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Money Isn't Counted
in Venezuela,
It Is Weighed:
10-31-16; Wall
Street Journal,
1 Doz. eggs, $150
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In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story
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Little Known Arab Facts The Story
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The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story
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Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy
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Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion
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17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story

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Items of Note

4th of July, 2026 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2025 Parade - Video
HURRICANE IAN - Video
4th of July, 2024 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2023 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2022 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2021 Parade - Video
Common Sense American Patriot Dearly Missed -
Rush Limbaugh - Died 2-17-21
4th of July, 2019 -- Here for 4th of July, 2019 Parade video
ClamJamSWFL Video video link
PIN Upgrade -- Here for Upgrade Story
4th of July, 2018 -- Here for 4th of July, 2018 Parade video
4th of July, 2017 -- Here for 4th of July, 2017 Parade video
4th of July, 2016- Here for 4th of July, 2016 Parade video
Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden
Mask discovered over 40 years ago

Wisdom From 450 BC

Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.

“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”

Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text:
Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died:400 BC, place of death unknown
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)

Relevant Quotes

The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson

When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."

". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)

"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)

In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."

Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

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