Lee Melsek has released Finding Huck, Adventures Down Yonder. Melsek says the book is the island's memoir, "who we were, how we lived in a time long since replaced by a crush of traffic, unabated development and overwhelmed by a government and tourist industry unwilling to slow the chaos."

As we reported back in June, Town Attorney Nancy Stuparich advised the Town Council that Florida law requires the town to cover the legal fees for Council members John King and Karen Woodson in their fight against the recall. Here’s what the bill is so far.

Christina Brown, who was an employee of Mr. Waves on Fort Myers Beach, was killed in a car accident last week. Over the weekend businesses all across Southwest Florida held fundraisers for the Brown family, collecting $20,000.

Annette's Beach Book Nook in Santini Plaza is hosting their first ever children's Story hour this morning from 10AM-Noon. Here's how you made this happen...

The Fort Myers Beach Art Association is launching its summer exhibit called “Summer Sizzle”on August 1st and running through August 19th. The exhibit will be on display at  the association’s Gallery on McGregor Boulevard.

Volunteers are still needed for the Gulf Coast Surf & Beach Festival, hosted by Surfers for Autism. The annual event on Fort Myers Beach is tomorrow at Crescent Beach Family Park from 8AM to 4PM.

On Monday La Ola attorney Amy Thibaut responded to a court filing from the Town of Fort Myers Beach requesting that Circuit Court Judge Keith Kyle expedite the case, dispense with oral arguments, and rule on the eviction of La Ola from Times Square immediately. 

On July 11th, for the tenth year in a row, Fort Myers Beach resident Maura MacNeil ran what she calls the 7-11 Mill for Bill Fort Myers Beach Half Marathon. It's a 13.1 mile run she created in memory of her dad who died in 2014 from Melanoma.

HM Restaurant Group has unveiled Bayside at Bonita Fish Company, a private indoor-outdoor event venue at their location under the Matanzas Pass Bridge.

On Tuesday the Sanibel City Council voted unanimously to start to enforce a ban on gas powered leaf blowers later this year. The ordinance has been on the books for years but wasn't being enforced because of several hurricane state of emergencies.

Fort Myers Beach Town Manager Will McKannay is the guest speaker at the next Chamber After Hours this Thursday at 5:30 at Nervous Nellie’s. The event is free for Chamber members, $15 for non-members. Register HERE.

The Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club is hosting a social gathering tonight from 5PM to 8PM at Coconut Jack’s Waterfront Grille on Bonita Beach Road. Everyone’s invited.