By Nathan Mayberg
Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager hires new emergency services director
Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager Will McKannay has hired a new emergency services director in longtime New Jersey policeman Philip Rizzo. Rizzo will be paid $120,000 annually for his new job. Rizzo spent 25 years in the Franklin Township Police Department in Sussex County, New Jersey. Rizzo was promoted to captain in 2020. Rizzo has a Master of Administrative Science degree from Farleigh Dickinson University and an executive leadership program certification from Farleigh Dickinson University. Rizzo takes over from Tom Yozzo, a retired New York police officer who retired in May. Yozzo had various duties as head of emergency services, including overseeing the town's rangers, traffic and ...
Councilmember Link answers questions ahead of election
Town Council appoints members to charter school advisory committees
The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted to appoint volunteers to six committees that town management has created to assist in town officials as they explore creating a new charter school run by the Town of Fort Myers Beach. The council appointed Ellie Bunting, Walter Cheatham, and Tyler Spradling to the Edcuational Program ad-hoc committee. Cheatham is a Sanibel resident who was chosen over former Fort Myers Beach Elementary School literacy specialist Sherri Skipper. Skipper of Fort Myers, currently works as a School District of Lee County ELA specialist and spent five years working at Fort Myers Beach Elementary School. According to Cheatham's application, he is the owner of ...
Photos from the Island View Sports Bar grand opening at the Lani Kai Island Resort
DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion plans to go in front of Town of Fort Myers Beach Council
Representatives of the DiamondHead Beach Resort will go in front of the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council on Monday with scaled-back plans for their proposal to add 55 rooms. General Manager Neil Hopgood said the new plans eliminate the tower that was proposed, and instead add on the rooms ...
Flock Safety license plater reader cameras deactivated on Fort Myers Beach
All Flock Safety camera license plate readers in the Town of Fort Myers Beach have been deactivated, Town of Fort Myers Beach Public Information Officer Abigail Eberhart said on Tuesday. The move followed a vote by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council last month to end the town's contract ...
Bishop Agüero brings hope to Church of the Ascension with Mass on anniversary of Hurricane Ian
On Monday, on the fourth anniversary of the storm that killed 16 people on Fort Myers Beach including several Church of the Ascension parishioners, Bishop Emilio Biosca Agüero led the first mass on the church property since that date. Agüero, who was appointed by Pope Leo XIV to head the ...
