Albert D'Ambrose from Studio AD Architect and Scott Allan from the Allen Development Group will be our guests at 11:30AM Saturday morning LIVE from the License to Chill Bar at Margaritaville. Bring your rebuild questions.

BTR will be LIVE from the Times Square Farmers Market again this morning at 9AM. We'll have our merch tent set up, Ellie Bunting will be signing her book Lost Icons of Fort Myers Beach and our daughter Jillian will have a few of her paintings to show off.

Birds, wildlife hurricane survival, toxic waste, and trash: What do they all have in common? They are the topics of six speakers who fill the free “Ding” Darling Lecture Series schedule this season for the 19th year at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel.

Fort Myers Beach (and Wisconsin) resident Julie Nusbaum took 2nd place at the Sanibel-Captiva Art League’s 48th Annual Juried Art show with her painting called Tru Grit.

It was a shocker of an announcement at the end of the Town Council meeting last week. Councilman Bill Veach said he was most likely be attending his last meeting after stating he would not be filling out a new state-mandated ethics and financial-disclosure form. He kept his word and officially quit today.

Nearly 100 people attended the Estero Island Historical Society Open House last Friday. Ellie signed a ton of books, beachy street sign coasters were sold, and the posters sold out.

The town of Fort Myers Beach Town Council is hosting a special meeting with condo association presidents and residents on Thursday at 9AM at Bay Oaks. The council wants to address any questions condo associations have that might help them get open sooner.

Since Hurricane Ian, General Manager Neal Hopgood and his DiamondHead team have loaned their ballroom to the Town of Fort Myers Beach for just about every meeting the town government held. They really stepped up when the town was in desperate need of space. That all comes to an end next month.

The organizers of the FMB New Years Eve fireworks show join BTR tomorrow. Also, Joy Leonard from The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation will be on the show. We go live at 11, BTR followers get into Lah De Dah at 10:30 and will be treated to a special drink menu.

After the big announcement that Fort Myers Beach Town Councilman Bill Veach plans to resign before January 1st to avoid having to fill out a new state mandated financial disclosure form, we polled the rest of the Town Council to see if they were staying or going.

About 6 months ago it appeared Santini Plaza, a vital retail and restaurant strip for residents living on the south end of the island, was on the fast track to opening. Then, it wasn't.

St. Raphael's Church is moving back home just in time for Christmas Eve. The church has secured a tent for an outside worship until the parish hall is ready. The church property is located on Williams Drive and the Sunday service is at 10AM.