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        Cape Coral
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        Bella Line
        Punta Gorda
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        Cape Coral
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        Sarasota County
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        Marco Island
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach uses AI to visualize future development in comprehensive plan

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        Naples tourism sees slight decline, local businesses remain optimistic

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        Punta Gorda

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        Cape Coral

        2,000 Cape Coral homeowners to receive mandatory water hook up letter

        Bella Line
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        New Naples apartment complex combines luxury living with workforce housing

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Florida leads nation in child drowning deaths, North Port teaches water safety

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach fire commissioners approve plan to cut battalion chiefs

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        Sanibel

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        Tice firefighters say family displaced by overnight fire

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