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Charter Review Commission wants blue ribbon panel to decide Fort Myers Beach Council salaries

The Town of Fort Myers Beach Charter Review Commission is debating whether to create a "blue ribbon panel" to determine the salaries for town councilmembers. The commission, which has been working on making recommendations to the town council to update the town's charter, is leaning towards making the panel a requirement in the town charter. The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council will ultimately vote on whether to adopt all of the commission's recommendations, before the charter update goes in front of voters for a referendum later this year. The blue ribbon panel is being advocated for by Fort Myers Beach Charter Review Commission Chair James Dunlap, who said he believed the panel ...

LPA member James Boan applies for Town of Fort Myers Beach Council seat

Town of Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency (LPA) member James Boan has put in an application for the vacant Town of Fort Myers Beach Council seat. The seat was vacated by former Councilmember Jim Atterholt before the new year. Boan is the third candidate, joining fellow LPA member John ...

Giant Book Sale returning to Fort Myers Beach Library this weekend

If you have been looking to restock your book collection since Hurricane Milton or Hurricane Ian, or just looking to dig into some new reading, the upcoming Fort Myers Beach Library’s “Giant Book Sale” figures to be a place you can count on. The book sale, scheduled to take place ...

SWFL News

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FWC issues executive order regarding cold-stunned green iguanas

Find a cold-snapped iguana lying comatose in your yard? If you don't want the invasive reptile waking up and scurrying along your seawall once the weather warms up, you can drop it off at a collection point in Fort Myers today. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued an ...

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FLHSMV announces driver license exams will be administered in English only

Beginning Feb. 6, all driver license knowledge and skills examinations in Florida will be administered exclusively in English. This change applies to all driver license classifications, including exams administered orally, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced ...

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 ...

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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