By Nathan Mayberg
Town issuing non-resident parking passes for $300
The Town of Fort Myers Beach is now offering non-resident parking passes for $300, which will be good through Dec. 31, 2027. There will be up to 500 non-resident parking passes issued, following the passage of a new fee schedule by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council as part of its budget preparations. As of Monday, when the passes went up for sale, approximately 70 were sold, Fort Myers Beach Public Information Officer Abigail Eberhart said. The passes can only be purchased at Bay Oaks Recreational Campus. Parking decals must be affixed to the bottom passenger-side corner of the front windshield. The non-resident parking passes are only valid at Town of Fort Myers Beach ...
Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager hires new emergency services director
Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager Will McKannay has hired a new emergency services director in longtime New Jersey policeman Philip Rizzo. Rizzo will be paid $120,000 annually for his new job. Rizzo spent 25 years in the Franklin Township Police Department in Sussex County, New Jersey. Rizzo was promoted to captain in 2020. Rizzo has a Master of Administrative Science degree from Farleigh Dickinson University and an executive leadership program certification from Farleigh Dickinson University. Rizzo takes over from Tom Yozzo, a retired New York police officer who retired in May. Yozzo had various duties as head of emergency services, including overseeing the town's rangers, traffic and ...
Ed Schoonover, Local Planning Agency member, candidate for Town of Fort Myers Beach Council, answers questions ahead of election
Councilmember Link answers questions ahead of election
Town of Fort Myers Beach Council sends DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion project back to LPA after site plan changes
The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted on Monday to remand the DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion proposal back to the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency (LPA), following a change in the plans that removed a proposed tower from the project. The resort's owners are looking to add 55 ...
Town Council appoints members to charter school advisory committees
The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted to appoint volunteers to six committees that town management has created to assist in town officials as they explore creating a new charter school run by the Town of Fort Myers Beach. The council appointed Ellie Bunting, Walter Cheatham, and Tyler Spradling to the Edcuational Program ad-hoc committee. Cheatham is a Sanibel resident who was chosen over former Fort Myers Beach Elementary School literacy specialist Sherri Skipper. Skipper of Fort Myers, currently works as a School District of Lee County ELA specialist and spent five years working at Fort Myers Beach Elementary School. According to Cheatham's application, he is the owner of ...
DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion plans to go in front of Town of Fort Myers Beach Council
Representatives of the DiamondHead Beach Resort will go in front of the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council on Monday with scaled-back plans for their proposal to add 55 rooms. General Manager Neil Hopgood said the new plans eliminate the tower that was proposed, and instead add on the rooms ...
