Fort Myers Beach has a little more than three months to find and hire a new Town Manager after Andy Hyatt resigned. We reached out to former Fort Myers Beach interim Town Manager Keith Wilkins (pictured) to find out how long he thinks the process will take.

It’s been a long road to recovery for the Fort Myers Beach Public Library. The building suffered significant damage in Hurricane Ian, most notably the elevator was rendered useless and has been the biggest headache getting repaired.

This week the Town of Fort Myers Beach began the demolition of the 7-11 building at 6221 Estero Boulevard. The town purchased the .37 acre piece of property, which is located right next to the new Town Hall, for $1.7 million.

Last week you helped us raise $7,500 that was donated toward the medical bills for Honey who was shot and has several additional surgeries ahead of her. Tomorrow we’ll be broadcasting live from a fundraiser where you can meet her.

366 tickets have been sold far for the second annual Mr’s Roper Caftan Crawl to benefit FMB Strong on Saturday, February 8th. The pub crawl starts at 11AM, it will make 8 stops and it begins at Margaritaville.

Amy Siewe, AKA The “Python Huntress,” abandoned a successful real estate business for her newfound passion of hunting the Burmese pythons threatening Florida’s native wildlife. The Naples resident has bagged over 600 pythons.

Customers of Doc Ford’s on Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach have been supporting Golisano Children’s Hospital simply by ordering a specialty cocktail. The restaurant’s Hospital Drink program donates $1 from each sale of select drinks and has raised $5,874 so far.

330 golfers participated in the 13th annual Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club Putt & Pub charity event this past Saturday where a record $65,000 was raised. The money will be distributed amongst 9 beach 501c3 organizations.   

28 months after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on Southwest Florida, SanCap President John Lai reported last week that of the 1,728 rooms that were available before Ian on Sanibel, only 483 are available today.

Between the years of 2019 and 2024 the Lee County Metropolitan Organization reports that there have been 556 accidents on the streets of Fort Myers Beach. There were 156 injuries in those crashes and 3 deaths.

The Fort Myers Beach MERTF committee has selected Bill and Will Perry, along with Chris and Ginger Weber (pictured), as winners of their MERTF Award. The award is given to individuals who promote good environmental stewardship on Fort Myers Beach.

It's one of the coolest runs of the year because the course includes the Matanzas Pass Bridge and a run in front of a parade crowd on Estero Boulevard.