The four candidates for three open seats on the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council made their cases on Tuesday at a forum in front of a full room on the third floor of the Fort Myers Beach Library. The differences between some of the candidates were stark at times. The forum ranged from a call ...
The Town of Fort Myers Beach is now offering non-resident parking passes for $300, which will be good through Dec. 31, 2027. There will be up to 500 non-resident parking passes issued, following the passage of a new fee schedule by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council as part of its budget ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners have voted to approve spending $15 million of a federal grant towards the paving and reconstruction of Main Street on San Carlos Island. The Fort Myers Beach project includes the acquisition of Olsen Marina at 1100 Main Street for $1.7 million ...
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 ...
The Fort Myers Beach Observer is asking the candidates for the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council a series of questions ahead of the Nov. 3 election Town of Fort Myers Beach Councilmember Rebecca Link is one of four candidates seeking one of three open seats on the council. Link won a recall ...
Ed Schoonover, a member of the Town of Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency, is one of four candidates seeking three seats on the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council. Schoonover answered the following questions from the Fort Myers Beach Observer regarding his candidacy: Ed ...
