The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to award a $332,366 contract to repair the traffic signal at the intersection of Estero Boulevard and Old San Carlos Boulevard on Fort Myers Beach. The light has been down and out since Hurricane Ian.

These are four great seats, row 3 at the Wednesday, April 8th concert at Hertz Arena. And, you can help the Fort Myers Beach...

Join Barbara Puffer, Ellie Bunting, Anita Turner and others for a retrospective about three of the churches that formed faith communities and gathering centers on Fort Myers Beach in earlier decades.

HM Restaurant Group has promoted Reyes Martinez to GM of Dixie Fish Company. Martinez has spent his nine-year tenure with the company at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille’s Fort Myers Beach and St. Petersburg Pier locations.

Caio and Ruby Pessotti are ready to open their new building at 6875 Estero Boulevard. The Interiors Unlimited building was destroyed by Hurricane Ian. A grand reopening celebration is planned for Thursday, March 12th from 3PM to 6PM.

On Monday, the Fort Myers Beach Town Council approved the funds from their road impact fee budget to build the dirt parking lot on the old town hall property at 2525 Estero Boulevard.

There were weather delays and mechanical delays during the big renourishment project on Fort Myers Beach. Because Ahtna Marine & Construction did not finish the project on time the Town Council is withholding the final payment to Ahtna which is over $800,000. 

Banning smoking on town owned beaches will be discussed at this Thursday's Management and Planning Town Council meeting. No votes can be taken at M&P meetings, only direction given to town staff.

The Friends of the Library’s Giant Book Sale at the Fort Myers Beach library last weekend raised a record $4714.49. The money collected from the sale is donated over to the library.

This weekend is the 68th annual Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival. It all begins Saturday morning with the Shrimp Festival 5K which begins at Doc Ford’s Restaurant at 9AM. The Matanzas Pass Bridge will be closed from 8:45AM to Noon. 

The 2026 Shrimp Festival Parade down Estero Boulevard is Saturday, March 7th at 10AM. Beach Talk Radio will broadcast the parade live from the VIP section at the Fort Myers Beach Library. Set yourself a reminder to tune in on the Lions Club Facebook page HERE.

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