The Fort Myers Beach Friends of The Arts Rockin' The Bay concert series continued last night at Salty Sam's Marina with the band “All About Soul,” performing A Tribute to Billy Joel.

(By Kim Ryan) On Thursday evening, the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation presented its annual Everglades Update at the Bailey Homestead Preserve and via zoom. This free, annual event is offered in partnership with The Everglades Foundation.

And FWC is encouraging boaters to us the spring ahead time to “Spring Aboard” and take a boater education class prior to the kick-off of the boating season.

Seats are going fast for the inaugural Friends of Lovers Key fundraising gala on March 26th. All proceeds are going to Lovers Key State Park's educational programs and exhibits, and, toward at-risk children's camps and learning opportunities.

The Fort Myers Beach town council is having one heck of a time finding a location to bring upland services for the mooring field residents in house. Here's the latest.

Even with skyrocketing real-estate prices, these big beach-front homes on Fort Myers Beach have eager buyers. Why they continue to sit vacant, and might sit vacant for a very long time, is complicated. Very complicated.

You may recall the tornado that touched down around the Iona area back in January. It did significant damage to several neighborhoods, totally destroying several mobile homes.

State Insurance USA helps the Restore The Arches organization inch closer to its financial goal to rebuild a portion of the arches near Bowditch Beach. In February, State Insurance USA Owner Blake Chapman delivered a check for $500 to Restore The Arches volunteer Earl Morgan.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel is looking for two students for summer internships. One is paid, one is unpaid. Here are the details.

Did the town buy the property for upland services or not? That's what has residents on Tropical Shores Way scratching their heads. At Thursday morning's Management & Planning meeting, the town council will see the first concept of a new mooring field upland facility town staff wants to build behind town hall.

Condo Association residents showed up in force Monday. Appearing before the Fort Myers Beach town council, speakers representing hundreds of condo residents voiced their opposition to a revised town ordinance, approved last year, to protect the turtles on the beach.