Amanda Cochran ousted Lee County District 5 Commissioner Trish Petrosky in a universal primary between the two Alva Republicans on Tuesday in a race seen as a referendum on development in Lee County. Cochran received 55% of the vote, compared to 45% for Petrosky. Petrosky was an appointee of ...
District 6 Lee County School Board Board Member Jada Langford Fleming was re-elected handily to a second term, fending off a primary challenge from India Palencia for the at-large seat. Langford Fleming received more than 66.3% of the vote, compared to 33.7% for Palencia, with 93% of polls ...
Amanda Cochran ousted Lee County District 5 Commissioner Trish Petrosky in a universal primary between the two Alva Republicans on Tuesday in a race seen as a referendum on development in Lee County. Cochran received 55% of the vote, compared to 45% for Petrosky. Cochran received 64,815 ...
Former Fort Myers Beach Mayor Tracey Gore and neighbors of the proposed six-story hotel on the property of the former Silver Sands Resort are raising objections over the increased traffic they say the project will bring to their already-burdened residential street at Primo Drive. TPI, the ...
Lee County will begin work on rebuilding the Fort Myers Beach Pier next Friday, Aug. 21, with a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. The pier was destroyed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. The project is expected to take a year. The cost is being covered by FEMA and Lee County Tourist Development Tax ...
Fort Myers Beach has a date with sand castles. The Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce announced the return of the 36th Annual American Sand Sculpting Championship will take place November 19–23, at the DiamondHead Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. This year's theme will be "Stars, ...
