Collier commissioners consider guesthouse rentals in Urban EstatesMatthew Perry’s death under investigation over ketamine level found in actor’s blood
Collier commissioners consider guesthouse rentals in Urban Estates Collier commissioners moved forward with a plan to allow urban estates homeowners to rent guesthouses to address a critical shortage of workforce housing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Matthew Perry’s death under investigation over ketamine level found in actor’s blood An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death.
FORT MYERS What you need to know about the Caloosahatchee Bridge closure The Florida Department of Transportation has made the decision to close the Caloosahatchee Bridge for 10 weeks while crews work on the bridge. Here’s what you need to know.
Lee County allocates $41.6M in federal money for affordable housing The money comes from the federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban Development. Lee County commissioners voted 5-0 in allocating the money, part of a $1.1 billion Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery fund.
Poached closing longtime restaurant in North Naples Poached soon is going to be toast—as in defunct. The local breakfast-lunch restaurant is permanently closing next week in Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North Naples.
PINE ISLAND ‘We’re Pine Island proud,’ Pine Island artists paint power poles Relaunching 20 years later, Pine Island artists have been painting power poles up and down Stringfellow Road to bring back color and vibrancy after Hurricane Ian.
Naples Airport presented with 4 site options in eastern Collier County Environmental Science Associates conducted an exploratory study and met with landowners interested in selling land. ESA whittled that to a list of four sites for a general airport.
Expert: Buying or renting depends on your situation Shelton Weeks, Lucas professor of real estate and director of the Lucas Institute for Real Estate Development and Finance, is asked a lot by students whether they should rent or buy.
Attorneys offer update on Bonita Estero Rail Trail project The proposed project hit a milestone in February when the Trust for Public Land secured a purchase and sale agreement for $82 million with the Seminole Gulf Railway on a 14.9-mile segment stretching from Alico Road to Collier County for conversion to a hiking and biking trail.
NAPLES Woman arrested for stealing over $150K from Naples Ballet The Naples Police Department arrested a woman for allegedly stealing over $150,000 from the Naples Ballet, a non-profit organization.
NORTH FORT MYERS Duo accused of stealing from North Fort Myers store Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on two people accused of stealing from a North Fort Myers store.
WINK NEWS Lee Commissioners award over $41.6M for rehabilitation of affordable housing units The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to award more than $41.6 million in Community Development Block Grants-Disaster Recovery funds.
New York (AP) Defense rests without Trump testifying in hush money case The defense rests its case without ex-President Donald Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money case. Closing arguments are expected next Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE Immokalee girls robotics team competes at VEX Worlds The Immokalee High School girls robotics team got to compete and learn at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Police Department launches drone program The Cape Coral Police Department has officially launched its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program.
Collier commissioners consider guesthouse rentals in Urban Estates Collier commissioners moved forward with a plan to allow urban estates homeowners to rent guesthouses to address a critical shortage of workforce housing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Matthew Perry’s death under investigation over ketamine level found in actor’s blood An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death.
FORT MYERS What you need to know about the Caloosahatchee Bridge closure The Florida Department of Transportation has made the decision to close the Caloosahatchee Bridge for 10 weeks while crews work on the bridge. Here’s what you need to know.
Lee County allocates $41.6M in federal money for affordable housing The money comes from the federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban Development. Lee County commissioners voted 5-0 in allocating the money, part of a $1.1 billion Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery fund.
Poached closing longtime restaurant in North Naples Poached soon is going to be toast—as in defunct. The local breakfast-lunch restaurant is permanently closing next week in Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North Naples.
PINE ISLAND ‘We’re Pine Island proud,’ Pine Island artists paint power poles Relaunching 20 years later, Pine Island artists have been painting power poles up and down Stringfellow Road to bring back color and vibrancy after Hurricane Ian.
Naples Airport presented with 4 site options in eastern Collier County Environmental Science Associates conducted an exploratory study and met with landowners interested in selling land. ESA whittled that to a list of four sites for a general airport.
Expert: Buying or renting depends on your situation Shelton Weeks, Lucas professor of real estate and director of the Lucas Institute for Real Estate Development and Finance, is asked a lot by students whether they should rent or buy.
Attorneys offer update on Bonita Estero Rail Trail project The proposed project hit a milestone in February when the Trust for Public Land secured a purchase and sale agreement for $82 million with the Seminole Gulf Railway on a 14.9-mile segment stretching from Alico Road to Collier County for conversion to a hiking and biking trail.
NAPLES Woman arrested for stealing over $150K from Naples Ballet The Naples Police Department arrested a woman for allegedly stealing over $150,000 from the Naples Ballet, a non-profit organization.
NORTH FORT MYERS Duo accused of stealing from North Fort Myers store Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on two people accused of stealing from a North Fort Myers store.
WINK NEWS Lee Commissioners award over $41.6M for rehabilitation of affordable housing units The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to award more than $41.6 million in Community Development Block Grants-Disaster Recovery funds.
New York (AP) Defense rests without Trump testifying in hush money case The defense rests its case without ex-President Donald Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money case. Closing arguments are expected next Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE Immokalee girls robotics team competes at VEX Worlds The Immokalee High School girls robotics team got to compete and learn at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Police Department launches drone program The Cape Coral Police Department has officially launched its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program.
Photo courtesy of www.spacex.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBS) -A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a Japanese communications satellite into orbit early Sunday, lighting up the deep overnight sky as it climbed away from Cape Canaveral on a jet of fiery exhaust. While the rocket’s second stage was boosting the relay station to orbit, the first stage successfully flew itself back to landing on an off-shore drone ship, the California rocket builder’s sixth successful booster recovery in 11 tries. It was the latest step in an on-going push by SpaceX founder Elon Musk to lower costs by recovering, refurbishing and re-launching spent stages. If all goes well, SpaceX hopes to re-launch a previously used first stage later this year. But as always, company officials said, stage recovery is a purely secondary objective. The first priority Sunday was boosting the JCSAT-16 communications satellite into orbit for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. of Tokyo, a major provider of video and data services across the Asia-Pacific region. Making SpaceX’s eighth flight in just six months, the 229-foot-tall Falcon 9’s nine first-stage engine ignited with a crackling roar at 1:26 a.m. EDT (GMT-4), quickly pushing the booster away from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Arcing to the east atop 1.7 million pounds of thrust, the slender rocket rapidly shed weight and smoothly accelerated as it consumed its first-stage load of liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel, breaking through the “sound barrier” a little more than a minute after liftoff. The first stage engines shut down as expected about two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff and the stage fell away to begin its landing try. The second stage’s single engine ignited seconds after separation to continue the payload’s boost to orbit. SpaceX’s most recent previous flight, a space station cargo mission to low-Earth orbit, featured a successful first-stage landing back at the Air Force Station. But the JCSAT-16 satellite launched Sunday was bound for a much higher orbit, requiring more of an initial boost from the first stage. As a result, not enough propellant was left over for a return to the launch site. Instead, just about the time the second stage was shutting down after the first of two planned “burns,” the first stage settled to the deck of SpaceX’s whimsically named “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship some 370 miles East of Cape Canaveral. “Tonight, we’re channeling our inner Simone Biles, and we’re hoping to stick the landing,” Kate Tice, a SpaceX engineer, said before launch, referring to the U.S. gymnastics champion whose precision dismounts helped win a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. SpaceX’s most recent previous barge landing try in June ended in failure when the rocket apparently ran out of fuel an instant before touchdown. This time around, the booster appeared to land without a hitch and video from the drone ship showed the stage parked on its four extendable legs near the center of the landing deck target. While the first stage was flying back toward the drone ship, the second stage was wrapping up a six-minute engine firing to boost the rocket and its satellite payload into an initial orbit. About 18 minutes later, the second stage engine re-ignited for a short one-minute burn to finish the job, releasing JCSAT-16 into a highly elliptical orbit. If all goes well, on-board thrusters will raise the low point of the orbit over the next several weeks, putting the satellite into a final circular orbit 22,300 miles above the equator where it will circle the globe in lockstep, taking 24 hours to complete one orbit. Owned by Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. of Tokyo, the JCSAT-16 relay station, built by Space Systems/Loral, features Ka-band and Ku-band transponders to provide video and data services across the Asia-Pacific region. It will initially act as a backup to an older satellite that was launched 16 years ago. This was the second Sky Perfect launch this year and the eighth flight overall for SpaceX. At least eight more missions are believed to be planned before the end of the year.