So many of you responded to our Facebook question about whether the town should repaint the dinged up poles that hold the sails at Bayside Park. The majority of you said there were enough Ian reminders all over the beach. This week, the poles will be repainted.

Monica is officially a candidate for the Lee County School Board. This past Friday shortly after she filed her paperwork to run, Monica launched her campaign website. You can donate to her campaign or sign up as a volunteer. The election is November 2024.

The weather has been brutally hot this summer. We have the perfect solution to the hot weather...a pink, blue or black Voice of Fort Myers Beach/Beach Talk Radio tank top. Show off your guns in our sporty new tank, available in both men's and women's sizes. We ship the same day you order.

FMB Strong has announced that thanks to the generosity of Mast Family Culligan, they now have a water filtration system. Residents in the 33931 area code can stop by the Hurricane Recovery Center at 820 Buttonwood and have their empty water bottles and jugs filled.

Did you know that if you get a parking ticket on Fort Myers Beach ten minutes or less after your meter expires, you can call a telephone number and have the ticket ripped up? Of course you didn't, it's a completely rhetorical question, and the town has never shared that with anyone. Until now.

So far there have been a lot of drawings, meetings, public comment and opinionated social media chatter about several new development projects that might rise from the rubble left behind by Hurricane Ian. Here's what happens next...

Allen Shanosky has been a Fort Myers Beach resident since 1999. Four generations of his family have lived on the island and fished off the Fort Myers Beach pier. Allen has a special connection with the pier, which makes him a perfect person to sit on the Let's Go FMB pier committee.

At 9AM this morning well-known Fort Myers Beach resident Monica Schmucker will file the paperwork to become a candidate for the Lee County School Board. Schmucker intends to run for the county-wide seat now occupied by Kathleen Morgan.

According to Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District Chair Joanne Semmer the 2023-2024 millage rate will remain the same as the current year. Fort Myers Beach residents will continue be charged .1123 per $1,000 of assessed property value.

On September 28, 2023, along with the Town of Fort Myers Beach, Beach Talk Radio is hosting a special one-year event at Bayside Park at 9AM for family members of loved ones lost in the storm. Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis has been added to our speakers list.

The 4th and 5th grade students from the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School will sing the National Anthem during our special event September 28th. The ceremony is being held at Bayside Park at 9AM to remember those that were lost on September 28, 2022. Bring a lawn chair and arrive early.

Back on August 9th you helped us raise $585 in 24 minutes for 69-year old Fort Myers Beach resident Dean Ruban who lost his house on Estero Boulevard. Tomorrow at 11:30, we'll give Ruban the check so he can pay for a demo permit the town requires him to have.