The Nauti Parrot has chosen the Beach Elementary school as its fundraising organization for September for Drag Queen Bingo, which is every Tuesday evening at 7:30PM.

While the restrooms facilities, the dock, trash, water and laundry for mooring field residents will continue to be provided by Matanzas, the Fort Myers Beach town staff will take over management of those services from Matanzas next month.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners has scheduled public meetings for the community to provide input on the redistricting process. They've also launched a website landing page to provide data, maps, information and transparency throughout the process.

The Welcome and Discovery Center at Lovers Key has announced a long roster art classes and programs. The new “Nature in Mind” Art Classes on canvas and other creative art projects will be held with Award Winning Artist Jenny Licht (pictured here).

(By Fire Chief Matt Love) Hello Fort Myers Beach, San Carlos Island, and surrounding communities. I hope you have enjoyed the summer season. As many of you know, I have been communicating with our Board of Fire Commissioners over the last several months while our family entertained some national fire chief recruitments.

Over the past week cases of COVID have dropped significantly at Lee Health System facilities. On August 26th, 657 cases were reported. That number dropped under 600, to 596 yesterday. Thursday was only the second time in a month more patients were discharged than admitted.

DeAngelis Diamond Construction put together a cool video shot from a drone that shows the early land clearing and demolition phase of the Margaritaville resort project which is now three weeks in. Watch it HERE. The resort is expected to open in 23 months and 1 week.

True to his word, Governor Ron DeSantis has filed an appeal to Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper's ruling that he overstepped his authority when he ordered schools not to impose mask mandates. Lee County implemented a mask mandate after Cooper's ruling.