On Thursday, at a special Town Council meeting, Scott Safford was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Bill Veach when he quit at the end of 2023. Safford will be sworn in at the next Town Council meeting on February 20th.

The Lee County Elections Office says the deadline to register to vote or for registered voters to update their party affiliation for the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary is Tuesday, February 20. The PPP is March 19th. Registration and party affiliation changes must be made 29 days before an election.

Very important if your yardstick is bed tax revenue, the 5% tax Lee County collects on all short-term visits. From 2019 through 2022 Fort Myers Beach was the top collector of the tax, bringing in more than Estero, Fort Myers and Sanibel.

Lee County has money to distribute to residents rebuilding their homes. The Lee Cares program targets low and medium income homeowners. Lee County representatives will be on the beach today and next Friday so there's no downside to see if you're eligible.

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation is hosting a Pickleball Tournament at Bay Oaks Saturday, March 16th from 9:00-3:30. All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Community Foundation. Here are all the details...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers will make releases east, west and south out of Lake Okeechobee, beginning tomorrow, due to heavier-than-normal rainfall that has kept the lake at an abnormally high level this dry season.

This 90-minute presentation by former Sanibel Town Manager Judy Zimomra will cover what every Florida resident, property owner and taxpayer should know about local government. It's being held at the Naples Center and also online, March 6th at 1:30PM.

The Fort Myers Beach sand truck haul project began this week. 112,000 tons of beach compatible sand from a mine in Immokalee will replace sand eroded away by Hurricane Ian. The entire project is expected to take 3 months.    

Keep Lee County Beautiful has announced the winners of the 35th annual "Leave The Scene Clean" Art Contest. The picture here is from North Fort Myers High Schooler Mia De La Cruz Matos.

Both residents and visitors to Fort Myers Beach are keeping an eye on development on the island. None of the major proposed development projects are on the LPA agenda today. We will carry the LPA meeting live at 9AM on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

After a flurry of activity yesterday, initiated by Fort Myers Beach Vice Mayor Jim Atterholt, the latest news about the 7-11 across from Santini Plaza is that FPL has moved the location up on its priority list. The monopoly now says it will get power to the 7-11 within 72 hours or less.

For years the town has accused Key Estero Shops owner Carmine Naccarato of operating an illegal parking lot on his property on Estero Boulevard. On Monday the town was one step closer to foreclosing on Naccarato's property.