(By Nancy Bouchard) Wow! Over $70,000. Yes, over $70,000 was distributed by The Community Foundation this week to benefit the lives of everyone living or working on Fort Myers Beach.

(By John King) This week the Town Council approved, 3 -2, moving forward with changing the window tinting regulation from 15% to 45%. Thank you to Mayor Murphy, Councilman Atterholt and Councilman Allers. I believe the whole ordinance should be scrapped and begun anew.

Back in January the Florida Department of Transportation presented this design to the Fort Myers Beach town council as part of its foot-of-the-bridge redesign. Due to feedback from the community this design, and a design that included a cantilever that would have expanded the bridge out for pedestrians, have both been spiked.

Who wouldn’t want to sit on the patio of The Tuckaway Cafe with an ice cold, freshly brewed craft beer? Tre and Amy Gillette, owners of the popular Tuckaway Cafe on Estero Boulevard, have received town approval to brew and sell craft beer.

The Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce has awarded SCCF CEO James Evans with the Citizen of the Year award. Prior to joining SCCF, Evans was the City of Sanibel Director of Natural Resources from 2012–2020.

Margaritaville developer TPI will soon be donating a beach access and parking lot to the town of Fort Myers Beach. The town is asking the public for input on a name for the beach access, previously known as Canal Street. Here are some of the suggestions our Facebook readers have come up with.

Congressman Byron Donalds has released a Hurricane Preparedness Week resource guide for constituents. The guide offers guidance, assistance, and available resources in the event of an emergency. Check it out HERE.

On Wednesday Governor DeSantis announced he would be committing nearly $14 million in the next state budget to help combat red tide. The funding will go to research FWC is conducting and the Mote Marine Laboratory, in addition to providing grants through the DEP for red tide cleanup.

The 26th annual Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce Taste of the Beach was held Sunday. It was a perfect weather day for local restaurants to share their cuisine with thousands of attendees during the popular event. Here are all the restaurant winners from the food competitions...

By a vote of 3-2 the Fort Myers Beach town council directed staff to start the process of rolling back an ordinance passed last year that required all new and replacement windows, that can be seen from the beach, use glass with an inside to outside light transmittance value of 15% or less.

Fort Myers Beach Town Attorney John Herin told the town council Monday that, after four hours of mediation with Estero Boulevard resident Eddie Rood over his ADA lawsuit against the town, the mediation was very unsuccessful.