November 4, 2026 By Nathan Mayberg

Botana defeats Moskal in District 80 State House race

Schwartzel wins Congress seat over Arias

Fort Myers Beach voters reject fire, mosquito control district mergers

Brady, Cereceda, Link elected to Town of Fort Myers Beach Council

Botana challenged by Moskal for State House Seat

Photos from Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation Monster Mash Halloween Pub Crawl

November 1, 20261 min read

Photos from the Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation Monster Mash Halloween Pub Crawl. The night featured games and prizes for best costumes. A dozen Fort Myers Beach restaurants participated. Sponsors included the Alex King Group, the King Family Foundation, Premier Plus Realty ...

Botana behind mailer bombardment on beach merger referendums

October 29, 20267 min read

By now, thousands of households around Lee County have received the mailers from the group FreeLee telling them to vote for merging the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District and Iona Fire District, and to vote in favor of merging the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District into the Lee ...

Parking isn't free on beach

October 29, 20262 min read

Though there is no rate listed on Fort Myers Beach parking meter signs currently, the town still is charging $6 an hour when motorists use the town's app to pay. Motorists using the town's parking app will find that the charge is $6 an hour even though the town currently has the rate on the ...

Hamman, Pendergrass coast to victory in county commissioner races as voters also elect to limit voting to districts

November 3, 2026 3 min read

Lee County voters elected District 2 Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass and District 4 Commissioner Brian Hamman to office on Tuesday, giving each longtime commissioner more than 60% of the vote. Voters also overwhelmingly chose to change the method by which commissioners are chosen from at-large ...

Republican Byron Donalds wins Florida governor’s race

November 3, 2026 3 min read

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds was elected Florida's first Black governor on Tuesday, narrowly defeating Democratic nominee David Jolly. Donalds, who represents most of Lee County in Congress, will succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who used the office to fan presidential ...

Supervisor of Elections Jenna Persons-Mulicka retains seat

November 3, 2026 1 min read

The Lee County Supervisor of Elections has held onto her seat. Voters decided that Republican incumbent Jenna Persons-Mulicka will continue to serve Lee County after being appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May of 2026. Persons-Mulicka defeated Democrat Chris Vignieri by more than 60,000 ...

Guest Commentary | Welcome back to school!

August 6, 2026 2 min read

Welcome back! A brand new school year is upon us, and we cannot wait to see your students walk back through our doors. Summer always goes by fast, and I hope yours was a good one. On our end, we’ve been counting down the days until our students walk back through our doors. Before we look ...

Fort Myers Beach independence on the ballot, vote against Tallahassee’s merger referendums and charter changes

October 29, 2026 11 min read

Check your ballots very carefully. At least one Fort Myers Beach voter has been confirmed to have received a ballot that did not have all of the local ballot questions on their printed ballots, requiring the Lee County Supervisor of Elections to print out a new ballot over what was described as ...

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