By a vote of 3-2 the Fort Myers Beach town council approved an ordinance to create a 7-member Nuisance Abatement Board. The swing yes vote to get the ordinance passed was cast by Councilman Bill Veach. Mayor Ray Murphy and Vice Mayor Rexann Hosafros voted against.

The City of Sanibel is distributing 3,200 complementary biodegradable bags to homeowners as the October 1st deadline for the elimination of polyethylene-based plastic bags from Sanibel's yard waste stream approaches.

Things have been quiet at the Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club thanks to COVID-19. However, the club recently announced that they are starting back up and will hold their first member meeting on Wednesday, October 7th. The program will be Mixology Masters– Getting Ready for the Upcoming Season. 

Lee County has started working on the Big Carlos Pass Bridge. The work will be ongoing for about a month starting on the Bonita side of the bridge this week. Concrete repairs will be done to the bridge deck. These are only spot repairs, not the entire bridge. Be alert for lane closured during construction.

Fort Myers Beach business owners should be aware that The University of Florida and Sea Grant Florida are conducting a survey to evaluate the economic impact the 2018 Red Tide outbreak had on Florida's industries. The deadline to complete this survey is next Monday. CLICK HERE

When the proposed 7-member Nuisance Abatement Board Ordinance is debated Monday night, here are some of the details council members will be discussing.

There are now 57 active COVID-19 patients in Lee Health Hospitals. 71% of the ventilators and 28% of the ICU rooms are available with 9 COVID patients on ventilators and 15 in ICU. According to the Florida COVID dashboard a total of 83 cases of COVID have been reported on Fort Myers Beach since March 26.

For the residents of the Fort Myers Beach mooring field things are in a state of disarray. Not too long ago it appeared they were on a path to getting a new castle, at Bayside Park, with new bathrooms, showers and a place to wash their clothes.

Join Beach Talk Radio tonight at 5PM live from Cantina 109. Kim and Ed will interview Lee County School Board District 2 Candidate Jeff McCullers and City of Fort Myers Ward 2 Councilman Johnny Streets, who's running for re-election. The show will be broadcast live on the Beach Talk Radio Facebook page HERE.