By Nathan Mayberg
Photos from Chris Young’s performance at the Island Hopper Songwriters Fest
Three years after Ian: Fort Myers Beach businesses and residents rebuilding, recovering
Big weekend of Island Hopper music for Fort Myers Beach
Lee County Supervisor of Elections finalizes recall ballot
Town of Fort Myers Beach Council approves budget with 4% millage hike
From a 26% hike, to a 16% hike and now down to a 4% millage rate increase for Town of Fort Myers Beach taxpayers after the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council approved a new budget by a 4-1 vote on Wednesday. Councilman John King was the lone vote against the budget. The vote, which was held ...
Lee Department of Health in Lee County lifts water quality advisory for Bowditch Point Regional Park
The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has lifted a water quality advisory for Bowditch Point Regional Park, five days after issuing one due to elevated levels of enterococcus bacteria that had been found in testing Sept. 17. Tests completed on Monday "indicate that the water quality ...
Firefighters conducting controlled burns on Pearl Street
Firefighters with the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District are conducting controlled burns on a building slated for demolition on Pearl Street. The controlled burns will last to noon today and will resume on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth said the fire department reached out to the property owners upon learning the building would be demolished The controlled burns will give the department's firefighters valuable training. Wirth said the controlled burns would be mostly inside the home and the roof. Wirth said the department was also working with Lee County Emergency Management on Tuesday during the training ...
