Good morning, Cape Coral.

Better Together announced today it received a $130,000 grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation to expand its Better Families and Better Jobs programs in Southwest Florida, funding volunteer mentoring, short-term child care, job coaching, and community job fairs to help prevent foster care and boost family stability.

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LadyCakes Bakery is hosting a First Responders Appreciation Day today from 10 a.m. to noon at 447 Cape Coral Parkway E., with guest appearances, a Lee County Sheriff's Office Crisis K9 meet-and-greet, children's entertainment + a $15 cupcake sponsorship to deliver boxes to local first responders.

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On Friday, Nov. 13, Edison and Ford Winter Estates will kick off the Rhythm on the River season with Almighty Queen, a Queen tribute, on the Ford lawn along the Caloosahatchee River; gates open at 6 p.m., the concert runs 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members.

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The Buck will host Parker Barrow on Friday, Nov. 6 from 8 to 10 p.m., Backyard Blues Fest with Selwyn Birchwood on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 2 to 7 p.m., and Tommy Lee Cook & The Buckingham Blues Band on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 8 to 11 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Buckingham Blues Bar.

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Family Initiative celebrated the completed expansion of Thrive Academy with a ribbon-cutting Tuesday, unveiling seven new classrooms, a STEM lab, a rock-climbing wall and special lighting to create room to serve about 100 more students (3221 Chiquita Blvd. S.).

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On Oct. 27 Lee County health inspectors closed two food trucks and reported 20 restaurants received perfect scores while 18 failed their inspections; full results and violation details are on the Lee County restaurant inspections site.

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ConsumerAffairs ranked the Cape Coral Fort Myers metro No. 11 among 100 metros where property taxes grew faster than home values, reporting a (9.0 percentage-point gap) as median property taxes rose from $2,601 to $3,087 between 2022 and 2024.

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Southwest Florida high school golf district championships wrapped up this week (week of Oct. 26-31), with Village School, Barron Collier, Charlotte, and Community School of Naples winning team titles and medalists including Kieran Shaw (72) and Norah Urrea (72).

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ESPN commentator Troy Aikman grew emotional during Monday Night Football on Oct. 27 while honoring David Moulton, the longtime Southwest Florida sports radio personality who died Oct. 24 after a years-long battle with stage four renal cell cancer.

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South Fort Myers filed an appeal after the FHSAA forced the Wolfpack to forfeit their first three football wins over an ineligible player the school self-reported; the appeal hearing is set (4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1) and FHSAA will release state brackets on Friday, Nov. 6.

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