A special public safety committee meeting this morning at 9AM and a special Marine Resources Task Force committee meeting tomorrow at 3PM will both be about the lighting situation on Estero Boulevard.

(By Lee Melsek) The latest threat to our First Amendment has reared itself right here in our own backyard: Madison and Jefferson would be wearing out their quills with outrage. George Carlin would be close to coma screaming expletives.

The City of Sanibel holds a free hurricane seminar every year to educate its residents, businesses, and island workers. This year the seminar will be held at the Big Arts Center on Dunlop Road. Here are the scheduled speakers this year...

The website is live now for the Ding Darling Summer Fun Virtual Auction. The auction runs until 5PM Monday. Golf packages, fishing gear, overnight accommodation packages and other items will be auctioned with profits going to the conservation efforts at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge.

The June 3rd Fort Myers Beach Coffee Connection will be a stroll on the beach with Beach Walks of SWFL. Free coffee and breakfast items will be served. Everyone will be meeting at the FMB Chamber office. The event runs from 7:30 to 9. REGISTER

With reports increasing that blue-green algae may soon be coursing down the Caloosahatchee aiming at Fort Myers for a repeat performance of 2018, The Army Corps of Engineers is getting a lot of attention. Most of it is negative.

We get a lot of e-mails and calls after our show requesting more information about our local sponsors. As a result we've created a page on our website HERE that lists all of our sponsors and how you can easily contact them. We hope you'll consider them all first when spending locally. They have been HUGE supporters of our show and news site.

Episode #166 from Pete's launches at 8:30 tomorrow morning with Wayne Edson and Paula Smith to discuss the 10AM ceremony to honor veterans. At 9:00, Louise Kowitch sits at the BTR table to discuss the new summer education program at Lovers Key and at 9:30, we get an Estero Blvd. Lighting update from Cindy Johnson.

John Cassani, also known as the Calusa Waterkeper, is one of the most widely quoted and respected water experts in our area. He's been keeping a close eye on blue-green algae and red tide sutuation verly closely. We reached out to John to get all of you up to speed on how he sees things playing out.

20 days into sea turtle nesting season and there are now 12 nests on Fort Myers Beach, which is up from 4 last week. To the south, Bonita Beach now has 29, up from 17 last week. There are now 60 nests on Sanibel, and Captiva checks in with 25.

We may know whether or not town manager Roger Hernstadt holds onto his job for the forseeable future in 10 days. If you're interested in providing feedback on Hernstadt's performance - or his representation of the town - there are two ways you can provide it to the full council.