The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation recently held their end-of-season meeting and announced that $75,000 was given to the Estero Island Historic Society, Fort Myers Beach Art Association, Keep Lee County Beautiful, Bay Oaks Recreation, Ostego Bay Summer Camps, Friends of Lovers Key, Support for Sailing, The Mound House, Estero Bay Buddies, The FMB Chamber Water Foundation, and Beach Kids Foundation. In addition, scholarships were awarded to 21 college students with ties to the beach. The Foundation also continues to fund an endowment at Florida Southwestern State College that will provide scholarships.
"The Foundation is overwhelmed with gratitude for the support of both ...
What’s Up FMB, an organization made up of local businesses on Fort Myers Beach, announced the start of a monthly car show at Santini Marina Plaza beginning this Saturday with a sports car show featuring high-octane luxury vehicles like Lamborghinis and Porsches.
The "Coastal Cars & Coffee Summer Series" will start this Saturday at the shopping center on Fort Myers Beach between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Saturday's event will feature sports cars from Past Lane Drive Naples, the Lamborghini Club America Florida members group, and the Porsche Club of America Everglades Region.
Attendees can expect to see Lamborghinis, Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches, and other high-performance luxury ...
The Diamondhead Beach Resort has officially filed plans with the Town of Fort Myers Beach to expand its footprint at 2000 Estero Boulevard. The plans call for adding 57 rooms for a total of 178 rooms on the site.
To do so, the DiamondHead Beach Resort would build an addition to its existing ...
A U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach law enforcement crew terminated a charter voyage near San Carlos Bay that was allegedly in violation of a federal Captain of the Port Order issued May 6.
According to a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, the charter was allegedly an illegal ...
Efforts to cut staff in the School District of Lee County will negatively impact schools, parents, students, staffmembers and their families told the school board on Tuesday night in an emotionally-charged meeting.
Much of public input at the board’s Tuesday meeting revolved around what the ...
Just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis touched down at Fort Myers High School to rail against teachers unions with Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas, the Florida Education Association sued Kamoutsas and the Florida State Board of Education for failing to adequately fund the ...
A critically injured coyote pup is receiving intensive emergency treatment after it was apparently hit by a vehicle in Cape Coral last Friday.
When the roughly 7-week-old dehydrated coyote was brought to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel Island, Dr. Jessica Comolli, ...
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife is seeking handmade knitted or crocheted nests for orphaned and injured baby birds and small mammals in their care. Needed sizes are 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch diameters for the nests. They should be made with tight stitches, a soft but sturdy ...
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 ...
