And that new location will be on the Bay Oaks property. Right now the town rents a slew of trailers from the state and they sit on property owned by the Fort Myers Beach Fire District.

The cost to wire electricity to a new clock in Times Square could cost up to $151,000. The Town Council gave Town Manager Andy Hyatt the go ahead not to exceed that amount to get the job done.

The popular Fort Myers Beach Farmers Market, put on by Linda Miller, returns to the beach Friday, September 1st. Before the storm, the Farmers Market was held at Beach Baptist and Santini Plaza. On September 1st the market reopens in Times Square.

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. Lee County School Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier has joined our roster of speakers.

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.