Fly Heli Tours, the helicopter tour company which aroused widespread opposition to its flights over Fort Myers Beach from a vessel and landing pad in the bay, has announced they have stopped their tours for the season. The company stated on their website that their Fort Myers Beach tours are ...
TPI founder Tom Torgerson has announced plans to build a five-story hotel at the former Silver Sands Resort property located across from Margaritaville Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. Torgerson, who helped build Margaritaville, said the new 60-room hotel will be separate from Margaritaville ...
The Fort Myers Beach Kids Foundation is accepting scholarship applications. The organization announced they are accepting scholarship applications for the upcoming 2026 school year. "This is our favorite time of year," Beach Kids Foundation member Deborah Groll said. "We awarded 21 scholarships last year." Groll advised interested applicants to visit the Facebook account of the Beach Kids Foundation to apply, or contact Groll at 239-850-6322, or by email at fmbkidsfoundation@gmail.com. Students applying must need need to live on the Island, work on the island, or have parents, or grandparents that live or work on Fort Myers Beach. The Beach Kids Foundation will have an awards ...
Family Initiative’s 6th Annual Autism Acceptance Awards Gala raised more than $475,000 Saturday night at The Luminary in Fort Myers, drawing hundreds of supporters for an evening that honored community champions and marked the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary of serving families affected by ...
Governor Ron DeSantis said today that State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka "is the leader in the clubhouse" to be the next Lee County Supervisor of Elections. The office has been vacant since January, when Lee County Supervisor of Elections Tommy Doyle retired. Lee County Board of County ...
Tamara Pigott, the longtime executive director of the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, will retire in July following a record month for air travel into Lee County. Pigott, who worked in Lee County government for 33 years, will retire effective July 8. She will be replaced by Deputy ...
Last week, the Florida Legislature met to discuss three issues during its Congressional Map Redistricting Special Session. The Legislature passed a new congressional map that creates four more Republican-leaning seats. The map could face a legal challenge as it may violate Florida’s 2010 ...
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 ...