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On Thursday, Fort Myers Beach Public Safety Committee member Todd Capella said the free Lee County Tram on Fort Myers Beach is useless and needs to go. He would like to see the town say something to Lee County to end the service.

The next time Fort Myers Beach Public Safety Committee Chair Dawn Thomas makes her report to the full Town Council she’ll recommend the town rescind its E-bike ordinance and allow e-bikes on sidewalks. This has been an issue the Town Council has been considering for over a year.

Since posting the position, Fort Myers Beach has received 38 applications for Town Manager. One month ago, current Town Manager Andy Hyatt announced he was not interested in extending his 2-year contract. That set in motion his 100 day notice.

Jungle Juice Cafe will be one of the next businesses to open in Santini Plaza. Their menu will include sandwiches, bakery items and smoothies. The owners will be on the show tomorrow at Margaritaville to give us all the details.

On Thursday, March 27th Calusa Waterkeeper is hosting Save Our Water: Protect our Health, Economy & Future luncheon from 11 am to 2 pm at Broadway Palm Dinner Theater. Admission is $50 and includes lunch, networking, keynote speaker, and panel discussion.

As we continue to rotate the Sunday guest chair around to the full Town Council, Councilman Scott Safford is our guest Sunday at 10AM at Wahoo Willie’s. The Mayor returns March 2nd. Arrive early to get a good seat.

The Fort Myers Beach Art Association Art Bazaar to benefit students is returning to Santini Plaza Sunday March 16th from 9AM to 3PM. Artists will be selling original artwork, both framed and unframed, as well as cards.

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Our online merch store is brimming with a new shipment of our new Gulf of America/Slice of Paradise short sleeve shirts. It's our most popular item right now with over 100 shipped in the last week. Order HERE.

Greenland Paddling and Seal Hunting Culture will be the second talk in a series of free Calusa Blueway-related programs on Tuesday, March 4th at 6:30PM at the Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center on Bass Road in Fort Myers.

After a pandemic and Hurricane Ian, one of the most popular events on Sanibel is back. Taste of The Islands is Saturday, March 1st at Sanibel City Hall. It’s all to benefit C.R.O.W.

More than 45 years of observing and photographing the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds has resulted in Budd Titlow’s book Bird Brains: Inside the Minds of our Feathered Friends. He'll be describing those antics next week on Sanibel.

The Fort Myers Beach Lions Club’s 67th Annual Shrimp Festival is March 3rd to the 9th. Volunteers are needed to make this event the huge success it is every year. CLICK HERE to volunteer. Also, here's how you can register for the 5K and kids run...

The 2025 Woman’s Club St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Saturday, March 15th. The last day to accept sponsorships for the parade is this Monday. Sponsorships run from $500 to $10,000. Here are all the details.

The traffic on Estero Boulevard this season has been a nightmare. Every year there's traffic. Most of it is backed up getting onto the island. This year, getting off the island has become a major adventure. 

On Tuesday Lee County Commissioner David Mulicka reported to the full Board of Commissioners that one year has been shaved off the time it will take to build the new Fort Myers Beach pier.

It’s been one of the most talked about issues on Fort Myers Beach. For years residents and visitors have wondered if lights would ever be installed on one of the most traveled roads in Southwest, Florida.