You may be one of many who have stopped by the new Town of Fort Myers Beach Town Hall to check up on a permit, attend a town council meeting or hearing and spent time driving around the former 7-Eleven lot to find a parking space. After finding that lucky spot you then notice the sign asking ...
The appointment by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council of former Local Planning Agency (LPA) member John McLean to the Fort Myers Beach Council has left a vacancy on the LPA. The town announced that the deadline to apply for the LPA seat is March 16. The link to the application can be found on the town's website under its advisory boards page at: https://www.fortmyersbeachfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25076/Advisory-Committee-Application-Form. Applicants for the LPA seat must be residents of the Town of Fort Myers Beach. Each application must include a short biography and short explanation as to why the applicant wishes to serve on the local planning agency. The LPA serves in an ...
The Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival gets going this Saturday with the annual one-mile kids shrimp run on the beach. The race will take place on the beach behind Crescent Beach Family Park beginning at 8:30 a.m. Registration is free and starts at 7 a.m. The one-mile race starts ...
Beach access at San Carlos Bay-Bunche Beach Preserve, 18201 John Morris Road, Fort Myers will be temporarily closed from Monday, March 9, through Friday, March 13, while Lee County Department of Transportation completes drainage repairs related to impacts from Hurricane Ian. During the ...
The School District of Lee County released disciplinary actions taken against 2,480 students it identified as participating in “disruptive behaviors” related to anti-ICE walkouts that took place Feb. 4-6. Behaviors cited were: • 2,037 skipping class or tardy to class • 393 safety ...
Services have been scheduled for Joseph P. D’Alessandro, the first state attorney for Florida’s 20th Judicial Circuit. A Fort Myers native who went on to serve in the office for more than three decades, D’Alessandro, 86, died on Feb. 16 following a brief illness. A celebration of ...
Each year, school choice enrollment season invites families to pause and ask an important question: What kind of education will best serve my child? In Lee County, where public school enrollment for student assignment programs runs from Jan. 20 through Feb. 27, families are once again ...
For those of us old enough to remember the ‘60s, the times they aren’t a-changin.’ The current administration’s decision to wage a boots-on-the-ground “police action” is not the first time an administration, citing preservation and protection of country ideals, has been willing to ...