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Fort Myers Beach names new public information officer

Former Bay Oaks Recreational Campus Manager Nicole Berzin has been named the new public information officer for the Town of Fort Myers Beach. Berzin has been an employee of the town for the past three years, working in the culture, parks and recreation department. She is one of the few ...

Community Foundation scholarship applications open

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation has begun accepting applications for its scholarship program. Anyone who lives on the beach or whose parent or guardian lives or works on Fort Myers Beach may apply, according to criteria listed on the organization's website at ...

Safford appointed to council seat

The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council unanimously voted 4-0 to appoint Local Planning Agency member Scott Safford to the town council seat vacated by Bill Veach. Veach vacated his seat in December after objecting to the state’s new financial disclosure forms for councilmembers at the ...

County hears town’s pier expansion requests

Still in ruins nearly a year and half after Hurricane Ian, the Fort Myers Beach Pier’s repair is in sight. Though it could be four years away, according to Lee County estimates. Fort Myers Beach Councilmember Karen Woodson appeared in front of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners ...

County embarks on $208M water facility for Beach

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners have approved a $208 million Fort Myers Beach Water Reclamation Facility master plan which will upgrade the aging infrastructure of a plant dating back to 1978. As a first step, the commissioners approved a $14.5 million contract CDM Smith, Inc. ...

Community Foundation, Pattie Smith honored with MERTF awards

The Fort Myers Beach Marine & Environmental Resources Task Force (MERTF) has awarded its Murphy award for environmental stewardship to the Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation and Pattie Smith. The Marine and Environmental Resource Task Force would like to thank the Community Foundation ...

Small plane crashes on I-75 in Naples, two killed

Two people were killed when a small airplane they were traveling in from Ohio landed on southbound Interstate 75 near Naples and collided with two vehicles. The deceased occupants of the plane were identified by the Collier County Sheriff's Office as pilot Edward Daniel Murphy, 50, of Oakland ...

Manatee rescued near Pink Shell Beach Resort dies

A young manatee who washed up with the tide on Fort Myers Beach near the Pink Shell Beach Resort, died despite the efforts of the resort's naturalist Robert Howell and a team of biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service Commission (FWC) to save him Thursday afternoon. The efforts ...

Manatees need space

With the winter season bringing cooler temperatures to Florida waters, the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership, Inc. (MRP) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are reminding the public to not approach, follow or interact with manatees. Manatees will be seen traveling ...