Learn About The Great Gray Owl
Award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick will present a program featuring imagery from his books about owls at a special lecture titled Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History on Friday, March 12, at 10 a.m. at The Community House on Sanibel.
National Ladder Safety Month
(By FMB Fire Chief Matt Love) Every year over 100 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. Join the FMBFD and the American Ladder Institute this month and participate in the fifth annual National Ladder Safety Month.
Homeowner’s Insurance Rates Increase in Florida
Homeowners insurance is one of the biggest expenses residents are faced with here in Southwest Florida. Because of how important an issue this is, we want to keep you up to date on what's going on around the state, that might have you paying more, so it doesn't take you by surprise.
Do You Need Help With Rent, Utilities?
Applications are being accepted for the LeeCares 2021 Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help households unable to pay rent and utilities due to COVID-19. If you need help GO HERE. Residents renting on Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel can apply at the site.
Negotiations Are Over
That’s what Fort Myers Beach homeowner Eddie Rood tells us after he was notified that the town would not be making any modifications to its offer that would allow Rood and his neighbor Kurt Kromer to build a walkover from their house to the beach.
It’s Auction Time
The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation will be hosting its first ever Virtual Auction March 11th-20th. You'll have a plethora of great items to bid on including hotel stays, restaurant gift cards, discounts and certificates.
Town To Make March A Month For Girls
On Monday, the Fort Myers Beach Town Council will consider a resolution put forth by Vice Mayor Rexann Hosafras to make March Believing in Girls Month. March is also Women's History Month in the United States.
To Rezone or Not To Rezone.
That will be the question for the five Fort Myers Beach town council members next week. A big part of their 439 page agenda Monday has to do with the first of two public hearings to rezone Myerside Resort & Cottages. Here's why it's a bit sticky.
How You Can Keep The Water Conversation Going
As we reported Tuesday, Town Councilman Jim Atterholt and FMB Public Information Officer Jenny Dexter will be launching a print campaign in March to get local residents and snowbirds to engage with their elected representatives on water quality. Here's how you get involved...
Invasive Reptiles Have To Go
FWC has adapted new rules to address the importation, breeding and possession of high-risk invasive reptiles. The changes specifically address Burmese pythons, Argentine black and white tegus, green iguanas and 13 other high-risk nonnative snakes and lizards
Pandemic Causes Big Drop in Visitors to Sanibel
Traffic counts from the Sanibel Causeway show exactly how much the pandemic impacted visitors to the island this past year. Since 2015 about 3.3 million vehicles had been consistently passing over the $6 bridge. In 2020 that number would change drastically.