5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (293+ words) The Fort Myers Beach Lions Club announced they will be providing 15 scholarships of $1,000 each to local students through funds raised from this year’s Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival. The scholarships will be awarded July 30 at St Raphael’s Episcopal Church to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (89+ words) The Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District reported that one person was killed by a lighting strike and four others were hospitalized after being struck by lightning on Friday in the 6000 block of Estero Boulevard. According to the fire department,…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (555+ words) The Fourth of July parade and fireworks show will return to Fort Myers Beach this year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, after a fundraising effort by the local business group What’s Up FMB. The Fourth of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (893+ words) For the second time in as many weeks, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office targeted Fort Myers Beach with a traffic enforcement operation and expanded presence on the beach. Sheriff’s Office motorcycles went up and down San Carlos Boulevard and Estero…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (247+ words) Multiple emergency responder agencies were out on the south side of Fort Myers Beach today searching for a swimmer who had been reported to have gone under water. Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth said the call came in…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (133+ words) fortmyersbeachtalk.com Fort Myers Beach LPA unanimously approves Silver Sands hotel project The Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency voted today to unanimously to recommend approval of a 60-unit hotel at the former Silver Sands resort property on Estero Boulevard…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (606+ words) The Diamondhead Beach Resort has officially filed plans with the Town of Fort Myers Beach to expand its footprint at 2000 Estero Boulevard. The plans call for adding 57 rooms for a total of 178 rooms on the site. To do so, the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (427+ words) Elevation grants for homes have been approved by FEMA for 25 homeowners on Fort Myers Beach, the town’s consulting firm Tidal Basin told the town council on Monday. The town has been expecting the grants to elevate the homes, after a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (297+ words) Fort Myers Beach Emergency Services Director Tom Yozzo will retire from the town, effective May 1. Yozzo, who had also previously held the title of operations and compliance manager for the town, held various responsibilities for the town during his tenure…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (351+ words) The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season on Fort Myers Beach is also the first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season across the entire Gulf Coast of Florida, Turtle Time founder Eve Haverfield said. The Florida Fish…...