The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation announced it has opened the scholarship application period for local students. The deadline to apply is March 1.
Individuals who live on Fort Myers Beach, or whose parent or guardian lives or works on Fort Myers Beach, are eligible to apply.
The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation awards several scholarships each year to support post-high school education, including an endowed scholarship at Florida SouthWestern State College.
The organization encourages and support individuals pursuing further education through a variety of pathways, including FSW, trade or technical schools, certificate programs, GED programs, and other educational ...
The appointment by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council of former Local Planning Agency (LPA) member John McLean to the Fort Myers Beach Council has left a vacancy on the LPA.
The town announced that the deadline to apply for the LPA seat is March 16. The link to the application can be found on the town's website under its advisory boards page at:
https://www.fortmyersbeachfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25076/Advisory-Committee-Application-Form.
Applicants for the LPA seat must be residents of the Town of Fort Myers Beach. Each application must include a short biography and short explanation as to why the applicant wishes to serve on the local planning agency.
The LPA serves in an ...
The Republican-dominated Florida State House voted 80-30 to approve a bill which would seek to amend the state Constitution and exempt homesteaded properties in the state from paying non-school property taxes to municipalities, counties and other local government taxation authorities.
The bill would also prohibit local governments from reducing total funding for services provided by law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders while at the same time reducing local government funding to pay for services.
To enact the law would require a referendum with approval from 60% of voters, along with a bill from the State Senate with concurring language.
While early reports have ...
The 2026 Southwest Florida Ag Expo will open Thursday in a familiar location that now has a new name
The traditional ribbon cutting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26, at Mike Greenwell Regional Park, the old Lee County Civic Center at 11831 Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers.
Lee County ...
Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. (KLCB), in partnership with Tunaskin Aquatic Apparel, hosted its 11th annual Tunaskin Beach Keepers Club cleanup on Fort Myers Beach. Five hundred dedicated volunteers gathered to help clean and protect the shoreline.
This highly anticipated annual event ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award a $258.5 million contract to Poole & Kent Company of Florida for a reconstruction of the Fort Myers Beach Water Reclamation Facility.
The contract for the new wastewater treatment center off island on Pine Ridge Road, will cover the demolition, reconstruction, and upgrades to improve capacity, efficiency, and resiliency of the facility, the county announced.
The project will include hazard mitigation and flood-proofing elements to make the facility more resilient to coastal flooding, ensuring continued and reliable wastewater treatment for the Town of Fort Myers Beach and nearby unincorporated areas of Lee ...
Florida Highway Patrol State Troopers continue to monitor ongoing wildfire conditions along Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley between mile markers 65–85) in Collier County, the department announced.
All lanes remain open at this time; however, wildfire activity and smoke may significantly ...
Food vendors at the Southwest Florida Ag Expo will once again compete for the Blue Ribbon Bites award during this year’s event to be held from Thursday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, March 8, at Mike Greenwell Regional Park.
The two categories last year were for Best of Sweet and Best of ...
Lee County Government is coordinating with its partner agencies for cold-weather outreach this week.
Lee County Department of Human & Veteran Services, Lee County Transit (LeeTran) and additional partners typically coordinate plans during timeframes in which the temperature drops below 40 ...
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 ...
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 ...
