The Fort Myers Beach Kids Foundation is accepting scholarship applications. The organization announced they are accepting scholarship applications for the upcoming 2026 school year. "This is our favorite time of year," Beach Kids Foundation member Deborah Groll said. "We awarded 21 scholarships last year." Groll advised interested applicants to visit the Facebook account of the Beach Kids Foundation to apply, or contact Groll at 239-850-6322, or by email at fmbkidsfoundation@gmail.com. Students applying must need need to live on the Island, work on the island, or have parents, or grandparents that live or work on Fort Myers Beach. The Beach Kids Foundation will have an awards ...
The Greater Fort Myers Beach Friends of the Arts awarded Vietnam War era Army veteran Joe Kosinski, a former Fort Myers Beach Vice Mayor and Councilmember, a Quilt of Valor recently at the Fort Myers Beach Library. Dozens of people attended the ceremony and to see the quilt revealed, which had ...
Fort Myers Beach Emergency Services Director Tom Yozzo will retire from the town, effective May 1. Yozzo, who had also previously held the title of operations and compliance manager for the town, held various responsibilities for the town during his tenure including helping to oversee the ...
The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted Monday to approve recommendations to the town's charter that would change the length of terms for councilmembers who are appointed to fill vacancies and create a compensation committee to help determine the salaries of councilmembers, if voters this ...
Governor Ron DeSantis said today that State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka "is the leader in the clubhouse" to be the next Lee County Supervisor of Elections. The office has been vacant since January, when Lee County Supervisor of Elections Tommy Doyle retired. Lee County Board of County ...
Tamara Pigott, the longtime executive director of the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, will retire in July following a record month for air travel into Lee County. Pigott, who worked in Lee County government for 33 years, will retire effective July 8. She will be replaced by Deputy ...
Lee County Utilities will be temporarily converting its disinfectant process from chloramines to free chlorine residual from May 1 through May 21. This is a routine measure that is common for water utilities using chloramines as the primary disinfectant, the county announced through a ...
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 ...