It was a shocker of an announcement at the end of the Town Council meeting Monday. Councilman Bill Veach said Monday will most likely be his last meeting after he announced he would not be filling out a new state-mandated ethics and financial-disclosure form.

Fort Myers Beach Mayor Dan Allers was none-too-happy that the Marine & Environmental Resources Task Force committee removed Estero Boulevard resident Eddie Rood from their agenda after the town staff placed him on the agenda for their December 13th meeting.

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council will be changing the name of Bayside Park to Bayside Veterans Park to honor veterans. The Town Council will officially make the name change at its first meeting in January.

The Fort Myers Beach Kiwanis recently handed over a check for $1,000 to the Fort Myers Beach PTO. Pictured here in the check presentation are Jenny Tardiff-Paradiso (PTO), Paula McCarthy (Kiwanis), Chantal Blais (PTO)and Doug Bidgood (Kiwanis).

Steve Boge, the owner of the old Beach Theater building at 6345 Estero Boulevard, has filed a pre-application request with the town requesting feedback on whether the town has any issues with him converting the building into a restaurant.

We are back to our regular start time of 11AM and we'll be broadcasting from our new permanent location inside the Lah De Dah Bar at Margaritaville Beach Resort. The beach will be our backdrop. Here are the guests for tomorrow's show...

The $10,000 was raised by the Revive the Vibe 2023 Festival during the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian, which took place on Old San Carlos. The money was raised through raffle tickets, t-shirt sales, sponsorship, VIP ticket sales and donations.

The Historical Society will be displaying the old beachy vibe street signs, that Fort Myers Beach residents created, at their cottage building at 161 Bay Road. The organization is asking for help removing the signs and getting them over to their building.

On December 1st you all donated over $3,000 so the Fort Myers Beach Little League could purchase a new pitching machine. Hurricane Ian took their previous machine. This week the folks at Little League sent over a few pictures of the new unit in use. Great work everyone!

Beginning January 1st, there will be new requirements when recording property deeds. The statewide change is a result of HB 1419, which Lee County Clerk Kevin Karnes and state lawmakers initiated to make it harder to file fraudulent deeds.

Heavy equipment was brought onto the church property last week and Chapel By The Sea co-chair of Buildings Tom Means told Beach Talk Radio News the severely damaged structure should be demolished this week. It has not been touched since Hurricane Ian.

The 6th Annual Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club Christmas Tree Festival is in the books. More than $20,000 will be given back to local charitable organizations from the Christmas Tree and Wreath bidding auction.