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Brady, Cereceda, Link elected to Town of Fort Myers Beach Council

A realignment of the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council took place on Tuesday night as voters re-elected Councilmember Rebecca Link and sent back former Mayor Anita Cereceda onto the council with Protect FMB President Tom Brady in an election that was a bellwether on the pace of large-scale ...

Fort Myers Beach voters reject fire, mosquito control district mergers

Voters in the Fort Myers Beach Fire and Control District defeated an attempt by Rep. Adam Botana (R-Bonita Springs) to force a merger of their fire department into the Iona-McGregor fire district, while voters in the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District narrowly rejected a proposed ...

Schwartzel wins Congress seat over Arias

South Fort Myers Republican media executive Jim Schwartzel earned more than 60% of the votes Tuesday to win election to the 19th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Byron Donalds. The district covers most of Lee County and Collier County. Schwartzel, a Republican political ...

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Supervisor of Elections Jenna Persons-Mulicka retains seat

The Lee County Supervisor of Elections has held onto her seat. Voters decided that Republican incumbent Jenna Persons-Mulicka will continue to serve Lee County after being appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May of 2026. Persons-Mulicka defeated Democrat Chris Vignieri by more than 60,000 ...

Jordan retains school board seat; challenger Johnson unseats Persons

District 4 School Board incumbent Debbie Jordan held her seat. Jordan faced challenger Tony Beougher as they were among the two top vote getters from the Primary Election that advanced them to the General Election. Jordan received 22,479 or 53% of the votes, and Beougher received 47%, or ...

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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 ...

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Do you believe the Town of Fort Myers Beach should offer developers deviations from the town's land development code if they can offer a proportionate public benefit?

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