The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council has named longtime Turtle Time volunteer Mary Rose Spalletta, and Tunaskin founders Bill Bronsord and Mitch Fusek, with the town’s prestigious John Mullholland Stewardship Award. The award, named after the late Fort Myers Beach Mayor John Mulholland, ...
The body of a boater who was missing following a deadly crash in the river near the Cape Coral Yacht Club Saturday was recovered Sunday afternoon with officials releasing the names of the three individuals who died as a result of the incident. The missing boater has been identified as Craig ...
The Lee County Clerk & Comptroller’s Office and the School District of Lee County have announced a new partnership designed to strengthen trust, enhance transparency, and protect taxpayer dollars. Beginning Nov, 24, the Clerk’s Inspector General started accepting tips for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse claims directed against the Lee County School District. Investigations, when conducted, will be at no cost to the taxpayer or the School District. The Inspector General is a department within the Clerk’s office that conducts internal audits and fraud, waste and abuse investigations of the operations and financial records of Lee County government agencies, ...
A Sanibel-based wildlife rescue will benefit from a coyote’s intrepid — and highly covered — visit to a Fort Myers hotel’s parking garage. The Luminary Hotel & Co. is celebrating the wily visitor's safe exit from a ledge on its multi-story parking structure with the debut of “The ...
As families across Southwest Florida prepare for the holidays, Community Cooperative is experiencing an unprecedented rise in food insecurity. Recent cuts to SNAP benefits and ongoing increases in rent, utilities, and everyday living costs have led to an unprecedented number of families seeking ...
Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. announced the passing of Rudy Busch, former Executive Director, who died Nov. 17. In an announcement of Busch’s death, the organization credited him with “laying the groundwork for many of the environmental and recycling initiatives that still benefit Lee ...
As your Town Manager, I want to thank you for your continued engagement and support as we navigate the challenges and opportunities of recovery and renewal. I also want to take a moment to address our financial outlook and the recent budget discussions. Let me begin by assuring you: Fort ...
As the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council prepares for a mediation session with the administration of the School District of Lee County on Wednesday, we wanted to be optimistic this would lead to the reopening of the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School since it flooded during Hurricane Milton ...