This Week
Estero Blvd. Construction Update
Segment 2 Nearing Completion
People often use the phrase, “a fork in the road,” to describe a defining moment in life or history. For the...
Water Testing Project Underway
On Saturday morning, May 18, I was already on the Lani Kai Island Resort beach before 11 a.m.! Before you ask if I needed...
Council Addresses Light Agenda
The Town Council of Fort Myers Beach met before roughly 20 people on Monday, May 20, beginning at 9 a.m. Council handled a fairly...
Fire Chief Report, New Officers Sworn In
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, included the swearing...
Biz Buzz on the Beach
Beach Pottery Etc.
On the drive along San Carlos Blvd to Fort Myers Beach, you’ll find Beach Pottery Etc, the pottery store with all the...
Lovers Key Park Changes
Assistant Manager Promoted
Matt Kruse, the well-respected Assistant Manager of Lovers Key State Park (LKSP) since 2006, will soon become the new Manager of Collier-Seminole...
Offshore Racing Returns to Fort Myers Beach
Two Events Planned October 10-12
Way back in September 2018 when Mike Shepherd, Tim Hill and his wife, Cyndee, began working on bringing offshore racing...
Special New Flag Flying
The intersection of Bay Beach Lane and Estero Blvd on Fort Myers Beach is flying a new American flag this week, a very special...
Safe Boating Week, USCG Open House
The annual Open House at the United States Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach to kick off National Safe Boating Week was held Saturday,...
Help Clean Coastal Water
If you live or own property on a canal or any body of salt water, you can help by installing your own Mini Reef...
Principals for a Day
Principal Karen Manzi handed over her duties to two capable Beach School students who were deemed Principal for a Day on Thursday, May 16,...
Council Ponders Roundup Ban
M & P Session Hears Estero Update
The Fort Myers Beach Town Council discussed a possible prohibition of the glyphosate weed killer, most commonly known...
6 Questions, Library Director Cletus Poser
Periodically “The Island Sand Paper” asks a community leader 6 Questions to offer our readers an in-depth look at a public institution. This edition...
Terry Cain Retires June 12
“I arrived on Fort Myers Beach 43 years ago, from Beach Haven, New Jersey,” said Terry Cain, the Lee County Land Stewardship Coordinator for...
Liki Tiki Music, Downtown Sidewalks
The Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency (LPA) approved a Special Exception to the Commercial Planned Development for the Liki Tiki bar and restaurant...
FMB Community Kiddie Pool
New Play Structure Under Construction
“The FMB Community Pool is different from almost every other Fort Myers Beach business,” said Aquatics Supervisor Erin Johns, “because...
200 Pounds of Bottle Caps Collected
Buddy Bench Success
The community effort, led by the Fort Myers Beach Lions Club, to collect enough bottle caps and lids to create a Buddy...
Princess of the Night, Beach Botany
The Princess-Of-The-Night Cactus, Selenicereus pteranthus, is native to Mexico. This is a tree climbing species that was imported as an ornamental plant and then...
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