____________________________________
TRAFFIC ADVISORY Intermittent Lane Closures - Little Pine Island Bridge
FLA DOT-MATLACHA, Fla. - Motorists should expect intermittent lane closures across the little Pine Isand Bridge on Tuesday. October 14, during daytime hours to allow crews to accept deliveries of concrete deck slabs to the worksite. The deliveries will start as early as 8 a.m. and will continue until all deck slabs are delivered. Motorists are asked to exercise caution and reduce their speed while driving through the work zone.

 

Bokeelia Water Outage 6-12-20

Submitted by Publisher on

There is a water outage from about the Center north to and including Bokeelia in the afternoon at least up to 5:30 pm. There is some indication it may have been accident related. GPIWA issued a boil water notice at 5:30pm for all of Bokeelia. Water pressure was restored at around 8pm.

Pine Island Chamber of Commerce "Clarification"

Submitted by Publisher on

Updated:

"While it is unfortunate that this information was communicated prior to our scheduled announcement to the Chambers membership, the Greater Pine Island Chamber Board of Directors would like to provide clarity to today’s article in order to prevent any further miscommunication of certain facts. 

Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Administrator Resigns

Submitted by Publisher on

MangoMania Not Being Held in 2020.

Jennifer Jennings, Director of the The Greater Pine Island Chamber handed in her resignation effective 6-2-20. Jennings was director for ten years and also chaired the event MangoMania.

MangoMania which would normally be scheduled for the end of July has not been promoted and will not be held for 2020, ostensibly due to the wuhan virus.

MPIFCD Assists Collier Brush Fire Teams

Submitted by Publisher on

Matlacha-Pine Island Fire District posts on their Facebook page May 15, 2020 at approximately 10:50 AM.
"Last night, MPIFCD firefighters joined a five engine strike team with reserve Engine 150 to assist with the brush fires in Collier County. They worked tirelessly through the nigh from 8pm-9am. Excellent work, Knight, Russ, and Robertson!"

Open Letter to Sue B.

Submitted by Publisher on

3/30/20. . . people coming from all over. I’m hoping they aren’t coming from other places carrying this virus! Can you tell me if there are any cases of the virus in Pine Island right now? Thank you so much for your time. Sue B

Open Letter to Sue B.

Benjamin Disraeli, a 19th century politician is generally credited with saying “there is the damn lie and then there is statistics.” Which means politicians can tell any lie simply by cherry-picking statistical numbers. . .and they do!

Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Wuhan Virus Related Info

Submitted by Publisher on

Dear Members, In addition to traditional SBA funding programs, the CARES Act established several new temporary programs to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Please go to https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options for more information on the programs listed below. Paycheck Protection Program This loan program provides loan forgiveness for retaining employees by temporarily expanding the traditional SBA 7(a) loan program.

Hoarders and Looters Should Be Dealt With Harshly

Submitted by Publisher on

There was a rumor that off-island people, even other county residents, were "raiding" Pine Island's Winn-Dixie. It was suggested that this was a organized effort and not just an accident.
There is no way to tell if, or how much, was true. However, there is no doubt that it is true to some extent.

This IS a declared epidemic emergency situation. Winn-Dixie needs to begin a "no-hoard" policy: 1) One must show a Pine Island residency with name. 2) 1 bulk item or no bulk items. 3) No more the two regular size items of a particular category.

Traffic Backs Up for Miles

Submitted by Publisher on


Traffic backed up all the was to Pine Center to the west and to Burnt Store Rd. to the east on Jan., 13th, 2020. The average wait was 45 minutes to as much as over an hour for cars to get through Matlacha in either direction.

7-Eleven Grand Opening

Submitted by Publisher on

Special to PIN by M. Cozzad

I had the long awaited 7-11 opening marked on my calendar for Sept. 12, 2019. Although the opening started at 6 AM, I decided to go about 10:30 to avoid the early morning rush. As I pulled in coming from the back through Nicki Drive, the place was packed.

Verizon Running Cable

Submitted by Publisher on

Verizon is running fiber optic cable to the north of Pine Island, attaching it below the Comcast cable. Century Link has fiber optic cable buried for a few years going north and south.Verizon running fiber optic cable

Three Vehicle Crash Near Villas

Submitted by Publisher on

On June 26th around 5:50PM. Pine Island-Matlacha Fire Department and EMT’s were called to the scene of a three vehicle accident with injuries at North Stringfellow Road in front of the Villas about a mile from Pine Island Center in Bokeelia. The Honda had rear-end damage.

It's All About The Mango

Submitted by Assoc.Editor on

Mark your calendars for July 13th and 14th as the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce will host the 24th Annual MangoMania Tropical Fruit Festival. The event will be held at the German American Social Club, at 2101 Pine Island Road, Cape Coral.

Pages

Subscribe to Pine Island News RSS