Fort Myers Beach Mayor Dan Allers was none-too-happy that the Marine & Environmental Resources Task Force committee removed Estero Boulevard resident Eddie Rood from their agenda after the town staff placed him on the agenda for their December 13th meeting.

This past August we reported that Fort Myers Beach property owner Terry Persaud had racked up $2.7 million in fines from code violations and the town was pursuing foreclosing on some of his property due to his lack of compliance. That all changed Monday morning.

It was a shocker of an announcement at the end of the Town Council meeting Monday. Councilman Bill Veach said Monday will most likely be his last meeting after he announced he would not be filling out a new state-mandated ethics and financial-disclosure form.

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council will be changing the name of Bayside Park to Bayside Veterans Park to honor veterans. The Town Council will officially make the name change at its first meeting in January.

Beginning January 1st, there will be new requirements when recording property deeds. The statewide change is a result of HB 1419, which Lee County Clerk Kevin Karnes and state lawmakers initiated to make it harder to file fraudulent deeds.

The $10,000 was raised by the Revive the Vibe 2023 Festival during the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian, which took place on Old San Carlos. The money was raised through raffle tickets, t-shirt sales, sponsorship, VIP ticket sales and donations.

Steve Boge, the owner of the old Beach Theater building at 6345 Estero Boulevard, has filed a pre-application request with the town requesting feedback on whether the town has any issues with him converting the building into a restaurant.

With 510 registrations for our Day Before New Years Day 5K, we could use help from the Yellow Army with supplies for the event. We've put together an Amazon Wish List hoping you could help us make the event a success. 100 percent of the proceeds from the race go to the Fort Myers Beach Woman's Club.

On December 1st you all donated over $3,000 so the Fort Myers Beach Little League could purchase a new pitching machine. Hurricane Ian took their previous machine. This week the folks at Little League sent over a few pictures of the new unit in use. Great work everyone!

We are back to our regular start time of 11AM and we'll be broadcasting from our new permanent location inside the Lah De Dah Bar at Margaritaville Beach Resort. The beach will be our backdrop. Here are the guests for tomorrow's show...

The Historical Society will be displaying the old beachy vibe street signs, that Fort Myers Beach residents created, at their cottage building at 161 Bay Road. The organization is asking for help removing the signs and getting them over to their building.

Non-slip wheelchair beach access mats have been re-installed at four beach accesses on the north end of the island. The matts were destroyed or washed away by Hurricane Ian. Here are the locations the matts were installed...