The Town of Fort Myers Beach has issued a precautionary boil water notice for Bay Beach Lane form Waterside I to Dolphin Pointe on the southern end of the island. The boil water notice has been in effect since Friday. Town management has not responded to requests today as to what caused the boil water […]

Jan 30, 2025 · Precautionary boil water notice issued on Bay Bay Beach Lane from Waterside to Dolphin Pointe Hazard chemical waste drop-off at town hall. Lee County Solid Waste will be holding a household chemical waste drop-off event for residents in the Town of Fort Myers Beach today at the town hall property on 2731 Oak Street.

Jan 24, 2025 · The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam eaglets died of a strain of the bird flu, according to officials with the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel. CROW is watching the adult mated pair to determine whether they have been infected as well. CROW released the results of its necropsies at a news conference Thursday […]

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4 days ago · It was a tough year for threatened sea turtles on Fort Myers Beach, whose nests experienced significant hardships from three hurricanes and other heavy rainfall events. While 109 nests were identified, only 28 of those nests had hatchlings, Turtle Time founder Eve Haverfield said. The majority of the loggerhead sea turtle nests were washed out […]

Author Wilson Hawthorne has written three novels on pirates and has a fourth on the way. His love of pirate history was on display at the Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Charley's Boat House Grill Thursday as the costumed Cape Coral native recited a poem about a pirate and then gave an account of his knowledge of swashbucklers.

Properties from the Pierview Hotel to Helmerich Plaza on Estero Boulevard could begin being razed as soon as August, according to a statement put out by Margaritaville Fort Myers Beach. Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager Roger Hernstadt said on Monday that most of the permits issued by the town for Margaritaville have been granted. […]

Jan 27, 2025 · The Friends of the Mound House welcomed 75 guests to celebrate the silver anniversary of the acquisition by the Town of Fort Myers Beach for the historic property 25 years ago. The Mound House is the oldest standing structure on Fort Myers Beach dating back to 1906, sitting on top of a 2,000-year-old Calusa shell […]

John Wesley Gray Jr. (Jay), 86 years, sailed onward to heaven on January 28, 2024 after a valiant battle with cancer. Beloved husband of Charlotte Balletto Gray for 62 years. Loving father of Lisa Gray Jones (Douglas), J. Wesley Gray (Kathleen) and Charles Gray. Dear Grandfather of Bradley, Allison, Austin, Evan, Kyle and Corey. Brother […]