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By now you probably know that the Town of Fort Myers Beach is making major upgrades to Bay Oaks, Bayside Park and Times Square. Here's when those projects will see shovels in the ground.

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation's #WeAreFMB Live concert series begins This Thursday with Jeff Coffey (formerly of Chicago). He'll be joined by Back to Chicago, a Chicago tribute band. The 7PM concert will be at Fish-Tale Marina.

Kevin Cothron told us how he survived the tornado that ripped through his neighborhood when his neighbor's house landed in his living room. Watch the show on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE . Listen on IHEART , SPOTIFY or APPLE.

Keep Lee County Beautiful had over a hundred volunteers that gathered over 2,200 pounds of debris from the areas in South Fort Myers recently hit by a tornado.

Lee County Tax Collector Noelle Branning says her office has successfully worked with the state to secure an executive order that will temporarily waive document replacement fees for residents of the mobile home parks impacted by the January 16th tornado.

(By Fort Myers Beach Captain Joseph DeVito) On average, 3,000 Americans die annually from fires in the home, the highest average in the developed world. Working smoke alarms and adopting Close Before you Doze has been positively correlated with increased fire victim survivability.

It can be hard to keep track of all the environmental issues facing Florida, especially those which will be up for debate in this legislative session. That's why it's great to hear that The Friends of the Everglades “Clean Water Conversations” are back.

Your time on the beach should be spent relaxing. You should be enjoying the great weather, the beautiful sand and the tropical drinks. You should be doing all of that while listening to the best beach music every assembled.

We get a lot of e-mails and calls after our show requesting more information about our local sponsors. As a result we've created a page on our website HERE that lists all of our sponsors and how you can easily contact them. We hope you'll consider them all first when spending locally. They have been HUGE supporters of our show and news site.

(By Town Councilman Jim Atterholt) It has been a year since I first wrote about the Island Renaissance that is currently transforming Fort Myers Beach, and I thought an update might be helpful.

You can now receive breaking Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel news alerts on both the iPhone (IOS) and Android devices. Download the Beach Talk Radio News app from the Apple app store or Google Play store and be sure push notifications are on in your settings. 

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On Tuesday The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted to award a $2 million contract for street lighting and landscaping on the recently widened section of Alico Road from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway to Airport Haul Road. What about Estero Boulevard?