Our next listener/viewer/follower appreciation gathering is set for THIS Saturday, November 14th at 11AM at Hoosiers, immediately following our Saturday morning show at Pete's Time Out.

FWC has released preliminary 2019 manatee mortality numbers and of the 606 total deaths in the state that year, 144 of them were in Lee County. 27 of the 144 in Lee County were killed by watercraft, 2 in Fort Myers Beach.

Passports for the Taste of the Islands, to benefit the Clinic for Rehabiliation of Wildflife (C.R.O.W.), are now available on and off Sanibel island. They can also be purchased online for pickup at a designated “Will Call” location.

The town's new Nuisance Abatement Board is being formed. The board will have 7 seats and applications are now being accepted. Members will be appointed for three years. Each of the five Town Councilors are to appoint a member. The remaining two members are to be appointed collectively for "at large" positions.

More details have been released on the new foot of the Matanzas Pass bridge road construction, including a timetable to begin. When will construction begin on the Big Carlos Pass Bridge? Where will the arches go? All those stories and much more in our Friday headlines. Subscribe HERE.

We had a great guest list for episode #135 of Beach Talk Radio. Mike Hammond and Brian Stockbridge filled us in on the Calusa Blueway Fishing Tournament. Dan Andrews from Captains for Clean Water explained how the releases from Lake O will impact our area. And, Alison Charney Hussey from C.R.O.W. gave us the lowdown on their upcoming November event. Here's how you can catch the show...

The Times Square Merchants Association has announced the return of live music, on a limited basis, in the square. The weekend band performances have been missing since the COVID related rules discouraging gatherings went into effect. Friday night will see the return of popular local band High Tide from 6pm to 10pm.

Several Times Square business owners voiced their frustration with the town council Monday because they say they were left out of the new Times Square design discussions. The town is inching closer toward a much-needed multi-million dollar facelift to the Times Square area.

Eddie Rood and Kurt Kroemer, who are in an ugly fight with the town over a request for a dune walkover to the beach have issued a statement after watching the town council meeting on Monday and reading the town statement (which we've posted in the previous story). Here's what they say...

A $500 donation has been given to C.R.O.W. by the Cape Royal Community. The money was raised during a bingo night and will go towards general funds to support CROW’s mission of saving wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education and conservation medicine.

Fort Myers Beach property owners Eddie Rood and Kurt Kroemer have been using local news outlets to get their side of the story out about a dune walkover behind their homes. The town has denied Rood and Kroemer a special exception they need for the walkover and on Monday the town responded to what Rood and Kroemer have been saying.

That's what Vice Mayor Rexann Hosafros says is her experience related to mask wearing. She gave an example of going to a restaurant to pick up food for a neighbor and the staff wasn't wearing masks about 50% of the time. She says she doesn't go back to those establishments. Mayor Ray Murphy agreed, even calling out the President.