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Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation Fashion Show returns Feb. 14

While tickets are sold out for the upcoming Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation Fashion Show, raffle baskets are available. Raffle tickets for a variety of baskets as well as 50/50 tickets can be purchased at the Fort Myers Beach Library Feb. 9-13, Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation ...

Fort Myers Beach to celebrate 30th anniversary of incorporation

The Town of Fort Myers Beach announced an art walk and return of cupcakes at a ceremony to be held Thursday, March 6 to celebrate the town's 30th anniversary. The event will begin at 2 p.m. at Bayside Veterans Park with a "walk of history" and "art walk" which will feature artwork from the ...

Fort Myers Beach man dies after kayak incident near Sanibel Causeway

A Fort Myers Beach man found in the water this morning near an overturned kayak this morning has died, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said this afternoon. Mark Kocher, 61, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after emergency responders rescued him from the water near the Sanibel Causeway. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the Sanibel Police Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and Lee County EMS responded to the single-vessel incident near the Sanibel Causeway. Preliminary information indicates one person was found unresponsive in the water near an overturned kayak just outside the Sanibel Causeway, ...

SWFL News

Pro play at the Zimmer Biomet Cape Coral Open begins today

Full pro play at the Carvana PPA Tour’s Zimmer Biomet Cape Coral begins today as pro pickleball’s elite continue the race for the PPA Finals in San Clemente this May. What: Zimmer Biomet Cape Coral Open. Who: • No.1 women’s player in the world, 18 year-old Anna Leigh Waters. • ...

Pilot program to combat fraudulent property transfers completed

A two-year pilot program to help prevent property fraud concluded last year with recommendations from the Lee County Clerk’s Office forwarded to state leaders for consideration this Legislation Session. Lee County Clerk and Comptroller Kevin Karnes said he worked with State Rep. Will ...

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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