Remove It Pros owner David Lockwood tells us that his company will be knocking down the 24-unit 7-story Strandview condo building at 4560 Estero Boulevard. Once the building is removed the property will go up for sale.

Cochran is running for the Lee County Commission seat now occupied by Mike Greenwell. Both are Republicans and they will face off in the August 20th primary. Cochran will be on Beach Talk Radio Sunday at 11:30 after Mayor Allers.

Over the weekend Remove It Pros finished up the demolition of the 22-unit Dolphin Inn at 6555 Estero Boulevard. The future of the property is unknown, it's been for sale for about 500 days now. The sale price is $4.75 million.

As Fort Myers Beach and four other Lee County municipalities wait to hear from FEMA on reinstituting their Flood Insurance discount, FEMA wants feedback from the public on their rating system. The agency will also hold meetings in August to get additional feedback.

The 5,408 square foot fire station at 3043 Estero Boulevard is for sale and earlier this week the Fort Myers Beach Fire District received two bids for the .14 acre lot. The two bids were $750,000 and $1.1 million. Who made the bids has not been made public yet.

As of today the answer is no on Fort Myers Beach. While there seems to be a movement to change ordinance 22-04 prohibiting ebikes on sidewalks (and perhaps the beach), it stands for now. Over on Sanibel that may be about to change.

$750,000 and $1.1 million. Those were the offers the Fort Myers Beach Fire District received after unsealing bids this week for their .14 acre piece of property at 3043 Estero Boulevard? Were those good offers for that piece of land? We asked real estate guru Jorge Berrera for the answer.

Fort Myers Beach Town Finance Director Joe Onzick now says that due to greater than budgeted revenue and less than budgeted for expenses, he is no longer recommending the Town Council increase the millage rate on island residents.

That was the message from a panel of experts at The Pink Shell Resort this week. The discussion called Economics of Our Ecology - How Blue Equals Green was sponsored by the SanCap and Fort Myers Beach Chambers of Commerce.

When the sand settled from the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ian, and the rebuilding began, the talk of the town was about permits. Homeowners learned many lessons about permitting they never dreamed they'd have to learn, especially when a contractor dropped the ball or they didn't know how to use the town's permit portal.

Will the new Colonel care as much about the Southwest Florida water as the last two? Time will tell. Thursday night at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort, over 100 people said goodbye to Colonel James Booth and welcomed in Colonel Brandon Bowman. Decisions Bowman makes will have a huge impact on our water.

The Lee County Elections office will begin the initial mailing of vote-by-Mail ballots for the Primary Election on Tuesday. Approximately 130,000 Vote-by-Mail Ballots will be mailed to voters who requested one for the August 20 Primary Election.