CROW continues its virtual speaker series Tuesday, March 23rd with “Bobcat Spatial Ecology on Everglades Tree Islands” by Katherine Buckman a Graduate Student at Florida Atlantic University.

On Tuesday three new Sanibel City Council members were seated after winning the election earlier this month. John Henshaw, Mike Miller and Dr. Scott Crater are all standing in the back row. Holly Smith was chosen to be the Mayor and Richard Johnson the Vice Mayor.

Bailey’s General Store on Sanibel is hosting a virtual wine tasting on March 31 featuring two rare wines from Marchesi Antinori in Italy. Franco Zamboli, Florida Manager of Antinori, will be joining Wine Steward, Calli Johnson, to talk about the wines.

Tickets for the Night of Discovery at Lovers Key State Park, which will take place Thursday March 25th, at the new Welcome & Discover Center are gone. The $100 per person tickets for the Gala were sold out in less than one month.

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council held the first of two public hearings Monday aimed at doing more to protect turtles by reducing the amount of light coming from inside buildings, especially new construction.

The Fort Myers Beach Art Association & Gallery is presenting a new show in its main gallery called Anything Goes. The show, which runs through March 25th, includes paintings that artists did during the COVID lockdown.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Welcome & Discovery Center at Lovers Key State Park is complete and Phase 1 exhibits are ready to show off. The Friends of Lovers Key is hosting a Gala Opening event on March 25th. Tickets are $100 per person.

Nervous Nellie’s, a sponsor of Beach Talk Radio News, is hosting its annual St. Patrick's Day Bash Wednesday with bands all day long. William Meyers performs from 11am-1pm, The Iconic Band takes the stage from 2pm-5pm and The Dweebs round out the evening from 6pm-9:30pm

Lee County Solid Waste’s third annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign begins March 22nd. The campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north.

Day one created quite a mess in Lynn Hall Park with washing stations overflowing with trash as the $450,000 restroom renovations began Monday. The regular facilities are closed while the upgrades are made.

Last week President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which will not only include money being sent directly to individuals, it will also send money to local governments.