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New Walmart store set to open off-island

One of the largest retail stores in the world is inching closer to opening in the once abandoned Summerlin Square property off of San Carlos Boulevard.The new 24-hour Walmart store located near the corner of Summerlin Road and San Carlos Boulevard on the way to Fort Myers Beach is scheduled to ...

Information set for upcoming elections

There will be two seats open for the Fort Myers Beach Town Council in March 2016.Information related to candidacy qualification and reporting dates is now available on the Town website at www.fortmyersbeachfl.gov to inform those interested at making a run at a municipal seat.Councilman Alan ...

Celebrating 13 years of proudly serving patrons of Southwest Florida, the owners and staff of Parrot Key Caribbean Grill, 2500?Main St., are eager to host a month-long anniversary celebration through all of September, honoring all those who have frequented the establishment through the years ...

Many have been overheard locally calling Tropical Storm Erika a "dud" and "waste of our time," both in person and on social media sites, uploading photos of a single lawn chair blown over with the text "we will rebuild," and claiming the media hyped up the storm to increase sales at local ...

Walmart will hire approximately 300 associates to work at the new Walmart slated to open this fall in Fort Myers Beach. A temporary hiring center has opened at 16120 San Carlos Blvd., Suite 10 A, in Fort Myers.Applications will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested ...

Town reconfirms stance on fracking

The issue of fracking is such a sensitive issue on Fort Myers Beach that the town decided it needed to vote on it twice.After approving the measure two months ago to support a statewide ban of hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing and any kind of extreme resource extraction in the state, the ...