Area News

State and exterminators both say homeowners need to prepare for termites
The News-Press
Gary Maschmidt, owner of Gary's Quality Pest Control in Cape Coral, hasn't spotted a swarm yet this year. But he knows the termites are coming - and could ...

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Tainted Chinese drywall linked to deaths?
WPTV
Steve Aboulafia, 56, moved into a half-million-dollar home in Cape Coral, Fla., in February 2007. His aging mother, Gertrude, 86, came to live with him in ...

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Homeowners with toxic drywall reported 8 deaths to federal officials
Scripps News
Steve Aboulafia, 56, moved into a half-million-dollar home in Cape Coral, Fla., in February 2007. His aging mother, Gertrude, 86, came to live with him in ...

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Turbine Generator Maintenance (TGM) Appoints New CEO
PR Newswire (press release)
CAPE CORAL, Fla., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Turbine Generator Maintenance, Inc. (TGM), an independent provider of inspection, maintenance, and repair services ...

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Southwest Florida Home Inspection Company Adds to Current Fleet
Newswire Today (press release)
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Cape Coral, FL, United States, 02/18/2010 - While most of Southwest Florida (including the home inspection industry) has ...

Where the fish are biting
Courier Mail
The shallows are also fishing ok with coral trout back on the bite from various locations, with Fitroy Island fishing well. Those that are heavily burleying ...

MiamiHerald.com
Cape Coral foreclosure rate reaches No. 2 in US in February, study shows
Naples Daily News
By AP Cape Coral-Fort Myers has jumped back up in a national ranking for its foreclosure activity. In February, the area had the second highest foreclosure ...
Cape-Fort Myers foreclosures jumpCape Coral Daily Breeze
Business digest: Foreclosure rate second highestThe News-Press
US Foreclosure Filings Increase at Slowest Pace in Four YearsBusinessWeek
The Associated Press -Trading Markets (press release) -Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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WLTX.com
texting while driving puts Florida at center of national debate
MiamiHerald.com
Gary Aubuchon, R-Cape Coral, chair of the Roads, Bridges and Ports Policy Committee. The texting talk puts Florida at the center of a national debate about ...
Fla. bill to ban texting while driving moves aheadBusinessWeek

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Cape reacts to activist's death
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
"Bob was in public service for many years and gave a good part of his life to the people of Lee County and Cape Coral," Cape Mayor John Sullivan said. ...
Lee County Commissioner Bob Janes is dead at 78Lehigh Acres Citizen
Editorial: Aubrey Rogers, Bob Janes ... good men who served their constituents ...Naples Daily News
Lee County commission's swing vote falls into the hands of CristThe News-Press
Cape Coral Daily Breeze -Naples Daily News
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Council candidate withdraws, ripping Cape leaders
The News-Press
Cape Coral City Council lacks vision to bring economic development, former councilman ...
List grows to fill Grill's Cape Coral council seatThe News-Press
Berardi drops out of council raceThe News-Press

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Komen grants help ease breast cancer's financial toll
Florida Weekly
“My insurance company dropped me,” said the Cape Coral resident. “They said because I had family history and all this business that they just weren't going ...

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Crist drywall 'Band-Aid' angers victims
The News-Press
"We don't need a regional assessment," said Richard Kampf, a Cape Coral owner of a home with the tainted drywall who leads a grass-roots group of about 350 ...

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Fire causes minor damage at Cape Coral home
The News-Press
5:09 PM — A residential fire caused minor damage at a home in Southeast Cape Coral Tuesday night. At 8:48 pm, Cape fire units responded to a 911 call about ...
Fire burns bedroom in Cape Coral homeWZVN-TV

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New claims of ethics violations surface in Cape Coral
NBC2 News
CAPE CORAL: A Cape Coral homeowner wants to know why two members are sitting on the city council while also suing the city. For the past five months, ...
Cape Coral council no fan of swim centerThe News-Press
Cape considers multi-million dollar aquatics centerWINKNEWS.com
Wary Lee County backstops swim center projectThe News-Press
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Florida fails to get its fair share of census aid
The News-Press
1:10 AM — The Fort Myers-Cape Coral metropolitan area received the second-least per capita census-guided federal assistance in the country in 2008, ...

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New Jersey Home Inspections
BigNews.biz (press release)
Only an experienced home inspector can find out the hidden faults associated by the building, which are often overlooked by the amateurs. ...

Business Digest: TIB Financial reports $61.5 million '09 loss
Tallahassee.com
TIB has branches in Naples, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Cape Coral and from the Florida Keys to Sarasota County. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex ...
TIB Financial Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual ResultsMarketWatch (press release)
TIB Financial reports $45.1 million lossMiamiHerald.com
TIB Financial reports $45 million loss for quarterNaples Daily News

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Osceola Sentinel Tribune
Home inspections help you sell
Osceola Sentinel Tribune
Buyers want to know the home they're considering is safe and sound, and the best way to establish that is to hire a home inspector. ...

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Know-it-all agency addresses home ownership
SILive.com
Presenters walk participants through a four-week course where they hear from a lawyer, loan officer and home inspector. The $100 course fee, ...

Man who shot himself and ex-wife in 2008 dies
San Diego Union Tribune
Frank Bass worked as a home inspector and property refurbisher. He was never charged with a crime related to the attack because of his medical condition.

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