County to Test Water Quality
On Tuesday, the Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for the collection of water quality and flow data at 12 locations throughout Lee County for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
Sanibel Offering Lifeguard Course
The City of Sanibel will be offering the American Red Cross' 3-day Lifeguard Blended Training course later this month. Blended learning combines online learning with in-person skills sessions.
Here Are Your Golf Tourney Winners
The 5th Annual Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce Swing Out Of Summer Golf Tournament brought out 108 players totaling 27 teams. The Waste Management team won the tournament, followed by Team Swanbeck and Nervous Nellies.
LCSO Trying to Determine Who Dead Woman Is
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is still trying to determine the identity of the female a hiker found in the water at the Matanzas Pass Preserve Monday morning.
Ding Breaks Ground on The Roost
The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge has broken ground on the latest refuge educational facility. The Roost, a $1 million-plus project, will welcome visitors to outdoor flex space for a broad spectrum of educational purposes by January 2024.
Lovers Key Beach Remains Closed
And the Florida Department of Health is keeping people in the dark about what's going on. We did hear back from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Tuesday. Here's what they said about the situation.
Times Square Project Delayed
The renovation of Times Square, which was originally slated to begin on April 15th 2023 has now been pushed back to July 2023, after the 4th of July holiday. Times Square is the only project of the "Big Three" yet to begin. Here's the reason for the delay.
Here’s Your Weekly Turtle Update
As the 2022 turtle season winds down Turtle Time reports that as of the end of this week, the number of nests remains unchanged and stands at 109 on Fort Myers Beach. There are now 12 nests remaining.
Welcome To The Beach, State Insurance USA
(By Kim Ryan) Sate Insurance USA held their new office ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday evening. The office, at 100 Lovers Lane, was filled to capacity for the event. Chamber members, local residents and other business owners all came out to wish them well.
What’s Going on in September?
As we enter the final quarter of 2022, we want to get you up to speed on what every one of our sponsors has in store for you beginning in September. We appreciate what they do for us so we hope you'll spend some time and money keeping their registers ringing.
Who is The Queen of The Sea?
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum’s free online lecture series continues September 14th at 5:30pm with Saving the Queen of the Sea: Queen Conch Conservation Aquaculture.
Here’s Another Great Giveaway
Keep Lee County Beautiful announced that the winning prize for their golf ball drop fundraiser is a five day/four night stay at South Seas Island Resort on Captiva. The ball drop is part of KLCB's golf tournament fundraisers in October.