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Fly Heli Tours owner to meet with MERTF

Steve Overy, the owner of Fly Heli Tours, is scheduled to meet with the Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force Wednesday to discuss plans he has for helicopter tours over Fort Myers Beach. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Town of Fort Myers Beach Town Hall ...

Brady applies for Town of Fort Myers Beach Council seat

Tom Brady, who earned the second-most votes in the Town of Fort Myers Beach recall election last November, has officially filed an application to be considered for the vacant seat on the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council. The seat was vacated by former Councilman Jim Atterholt, who resigned ...

Sheriff's Office accuses shooter of delaying call to 911

A Lee County Sheriff's Office report on the manslaughter arrest of Carlos Gonzalez for the fatal shooting of a person he said was his friend inside his Fort Myers Beach home early Sunday morning, cited the shooter for delaying his call to 911, which they say could have prevented the victim's ...

SWFL News

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture announces grants to support forests

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service announced a total of $6.3 million is now available to Florida landowners through two cost-share programs. Florida’s Future Forests Program and the Enhancing Gulf Waters Through Forested Watershed Restoration ...

Lee Commissioners enact burn ban for all of Lee County

Lee County has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities effective immediately due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to enact the ban at a regularly scheduled meeting today. The county’s ...

Local Columns

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When unplugging leads to deeper learning

In today’s world, technology is everywhere. It is in our pockets, on our wrists and on our desks. For many students, screens have always been part of how they learn, communicate and interact with the world. Technology certainly has its place in education — but as an educator, I have come ...

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 ...

Should a helicopter tour company be allowed to use a barge in the bay to take off and land for helicopter tours over Fort Myers Beach?

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