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Community spotlight: Dave Gray

Q: You are a British chap who found his way to Fort Myers Beach. Tell us about what brought you here.A: "Pelicans, pretty ladies and palm trees - but not necessarily in that order."Q: You own and operate Dave's Beach Side Parking, located between the Lani Kai and the Sunoco station. How did you ...

The first casualties of the town's new beach-chair vendor ordinance are a pair of neighboring operations at Avenue C and I Street.Last week, the Town Council unanimously backed the recommendation of the town staff to deny an appeal by SJ Property Management. The company purchased adjacent ...

The town of Fort Myers Beach has not paid the vendors working on its water rehabilitation project for nearly six months, creating an accounts payable scenario of $3.2 million.In fact, only $65,000 has been paid on the work that began last fall. It is mostly being handled by Tetra Tech for ...

Developer Tom Torgerson received his first dose of feedback Wednesday during a three-hour meeting with a small focus group he has assembled.The seven-member group, which will meet privately, saw preliminary plans of what Torgerson now calls Times Square Resorts. The plans are not being released ...

Over recent years, what once was a "buried form of media" has resurfaced as a deep-rooted nostalgic time warp: vinyl records. For some, records have become a new-old form of enjoying a piece of the past; blowing off the vinyl, placing it on the turntable platter and finding that perfect spot to ...

Let’s luau

The Lani Kai - it's not just for tourists anymore.In an effort to cap off a successful island-wide campaign to raise money for the Fourth of July fireworks show, Fort Myers Beach's party palace hosted a luau for the locals Sunday during a sun-splashed afternoon and balmy night.And it won't be ...