Tickets are now available for Cause For The Campus, a March 2nd fundraising event for the Sanibel Sea School. The organization is hoping to rebuild in time to open this Summer.

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation awards scholarships each year for post high school education, including an endowed scholarship at Florida SouthWestern State College. Anyone who lives on the beach or whose parent or guardian lives or works on the beach can apply.

Jean Gottlieb - a native of Chicago and 60-year seasonal Fort Myers Beach resident - has died at the age of 100. Gottlieb was historian and researcher; polio survivor, fisherwoman, memoirist; mother of six, grandmother and great-grandmother.

The public is invited to attend the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's February 23rd Student Scholarship Show and Award Reception. Cypress Lake High School is hosting the event.

On Thursday, at a special Town Council meeting, Scott Safford was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Bill Veach when he quit at the end of 2023. Safford will be sworn in at the next Town Council meeting on February 20th.

The Lee County Elections Office says the deadline to register to vote or for registered voters to update their party affiliation for the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary is Tuesday, February 20. The PPP is March 19th. Registration and party affiliation changes must be made 29 days before an election.

Very important if your yardstick is bed tax revenue, the 5% tax Lee County collects on all short-term visits. From 2019 through 2022 Fort Myers Beach was the top collector of the tax, bringing in more than Estero, Fort Myers and Sanibel.

Lee County has money to distribute to residents rebuilding their homes. The Lee Cares program targets low and medium income homeowners. Lee County representatives will be on the beach today and next Friday so there's no downside to see if you're eligible.

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation is hosting a Pickleball Tournament at Bay Oaks Saturday, March 16th from 9:00-3:30. All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Community Foundation. Here are all the details...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers will make releases east, west and south out of Lake Okeechobee, beginning tomorrow, due to heavier-than-normal rainfall that has kept the lake at an abnormally high level this dry season.

This 90-minute presentation by former Sanibel Town Manager Judy Zimomra will cover what every Florida resident, property owner and taxpayer should know about local government. It's being held at the Naples Center and also online, March 6th at 1:30PM.

The Fort Myers Beach sand truck haul project began this week. 112,000 tons of beach compatible sand from a mine in Immokalee will replace sand eroded away by Hurricane Ian. The entire project is expected to take 3 months.