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Doc Ford's employees decorate Lakes Park for Halloween

Team members from Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille on Fort Myers Beach are helping transform Lakes Park from delightful to frightful for Halloween. Doc Ford’s employees volunteered on three separate occasions in late September to install decorations along the park’s milelong train track ...

Advanced, discounted tickets available to American Sand Sculpting Championship

The Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce announced that discounted, advance tickets have gone on sale for the 36th Annual American Sand Sculpting Championship, which is returning to the DiamondHead Beach Resort November 19–23, on Fort Myers Beach. This year’s championship celebrates ...

The Goodz makes a comeback with rebuild

A year ago, Graham Belger wasn't sure what was going to become of The Goodz, his hardware store/souvenir store and ice cream shop on Fort Myers Beach that was leveled by Hurricane Ian four years ago. Belger was operating his business out of a group of trailers across the street near The ...

SWFL News

Diocese shares funeral arrangements for Bishop Dewane

The Diocese of Venice has shared details of the funeral arrangements for Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Venice in Florida: Tuesday, Oct. 13 Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 4p.m., Bishop Frank J. Dewane will lie in state at the Epiphany Cathedral Parish ...

Local Columns

Guest Commentary | Welcome back to school!

Welcome back! A brand new school year is upon us, and we cannot wait to see your students walk back through our doors. Summer always goes by fast, and I hope yours was a good one. On our end, we’ve been counting down the days until our students walk back through our doors.  Before we look ...

Editorials

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Amendment 3 offers no constraints on raising taxes, while shifting burden

Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office has begun sending out mail ballots, the most popular way to vote here in Southwest Florida. With the ballots now dropping into voters’ hands, we’re going to climb back onto this election’s hobby horse and unabashedly, unapologetically and ...

Do you support raising the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voting to increase the parking meter rates from $5 an hour to $6?

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