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What's in the water?

The Florida Gulf Coast University Water School, in conjunction with the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce Water Foundation, will be conducting water testing throughout Fort Myers Beach this Saturday and needs the public's help. Members of the public are invited to pick up water ...

Fort Myers Beach launches sea turtle nesting education campaign

With sea turtle nesting season beginning May 1, the Town of Fort Myers Beach is launching a community education campaign this week to help residents become partners to the town's nesting sea turtles, Fort Myers Beach Public Information Officer Abigail Eberhart announced. The Town is asking ...

SWFL News

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10 arrested following 2-year investigation into ‘brothels’

A two-year long investigation called Operation Red Light has resulted in 10 arrests in connection to alleged brothels in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Southwest Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force known as INTERCEPT announced the results of an operation ...

Local Columns

Why charter schools matter for parent choice

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 ...

Editorials

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Editorial | Oh, when will they ever learn

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 ...

Do you support the proposed ordinance by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council banning the smoking of tobacco products and vaping at town beaches and parks?

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