After a week of contract negotiations, Ron Martin was unanimously voted in this week as the new Fire Chief by the Fort Myers Beach Fire Commissioners. He replaces Matt Love who accepted a job in Minnesota.

Calusa Waterkeeper has announced Trisha Botty as its new Executive Director. Botty replaces K.C. Schulberg who’s taking on another role within the Waterkeeper Alliance.

We asked Florida Department of Transportation representatives to come on Beach Talk Radio this weekend to discuss the foot of the Matanzas Pass Bridge project. Here’s what they told us.

Lee County has federal money to spend and wants your input on how to spend it. The County received $149 million under the American Rescue Plan Act to respond to adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On June 16, 2020, SCCF staff affixed a satellite transmitter to a loggerhead sea turtle which had been nesting on Sanibel from 2018-2020. A month after she was tagged, the transmitter stopped sending signals. This month, the turtle SCCF named Junonia, phoned home…from Key West.

Over 1,200 volunteers at 43 sites in Lee County participated in the International Coastal Cleanup last weekend. Keep Lee County Beautiful is the local organizer for the event.

Last week the Florida Department of Transportation made a presentation to the Fort Myers Beach Town Council about their new foot of the bridge design project. The state is going with a design that drops several new crosswalks right at the foot of the Matanzas Pass Bridge.

National Public Lands Day is Saturday and you can celebrate with the team at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Admission to Wildlife...

Matanzas on the Bay is one of seven sites on Fort Myers Beach hosting the final weekend of the 2021 Island Hopper Songwriter Fest. Nashville superstars Jay Allen and Kylie Morgan will anchor the Sunday show at Matanzas.

In addition to our 9AM Saturday show at Pete's Time Out, we'll also be broadcasting live from Nervous Nellie's at 1PM. The Island Hopper Songwriter Fest is taking place all over Fort Myers Beach this weekend, including Nervous Nellie's which will also be using Bayside Park for their event.

On October 6th at 12:00, the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce will host a virtual meeting with Lee County Director of Parks and Recreation Jesse Lavender. Lavender will update Chamber members about the Sanibel Causeway projects that will follow erosion-control improvements on the Sanibel Causeway.

Fort Myers Beach residents Renee and Megan Heil are organizing a couples wellness retreat for April of 2022. The trip includes rest and relaxation, healthy eating, yoga and exercise, exploration, and, of course diving. There are options to do one, the other, or parts of both.