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Fort Myers Beach Chamber head leads complicated Ian recovery
Over her eight years as president of the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, Jacki Liszak has endured one challenge after another. 2017’s Hurricane Irma. Major red tide outbreaks. The pandemic. And, of course, 2022’s Hurricane Ian, which completely devastated the town on Estero Island. Her job for...
Secretive Naples' exec on how to build a $3B medical device business
Reinhold Schmieding could easily be a braggart. The Naples entrepreneur has a lot to boast about, much of it attributable to Arthrex, a medical manufacturer focusing on sports medicine and less invasive surgery products through the motto of “helping surgeons treat their patients better.”. Schmieding, born in Michigan and...
Farmer's Market Forecast Saturday
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Farmer’s Market weather should be quiet for the Market hours. Saturday thunderstorms are more likely to pick up in the later afternoon and not as widespread as Sunday. Sunday storms could start midday and be more widespread. Sarasota Farmer’s Market is located in the heart...
SW FL Week 1 high school football: Bishop Verot, Naples, First Baptist, Fort Myers notch wins
A roundup of high school football games played in Southwest Florida on Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23 SW Florida high school football: Your guide to the 2024 season in Lee, Collier and LaBelle ...
Women's Soccer Preview: All Eyes are on ASUN Championship three-peat in 2024
FGCU's women's soccer team enters this upcoming season as back-to-back ASUN Conference championships. They look to defend the title in 2024 for a three-peat. The Eagles ended last season with a conference record of 7-1-3 and an overall record of 12-5-5. This was achieved with 33 goals...
Ribbon cutting ceremony for new state of the art turf field at Estero High School
Community leaders gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony, for the newly installed state of the art turf field at Jeff Sommer Stadium on August 23, 2024. Estero Mayor Jon McLain welcomed the crowd, Estero High Director of Athletics David LaRosa and Estero High Principal Jennifer Biddell honored the late Athletic Director and Coach Jeff Sommer for whom the stadium is named.
Why London Bay Pulled Their Project TFN
London Bay CEO Mark Wilson was poised to make a case for his development on the old Outrigger property today in front of the LPA. However, after reading the feedback from the town planning staff, he yanked it until further notice. London Bay had 4 items on the agenda for...
Residents Voice Concerns About Development
On Tuesday night about 50 Fort Myers Beach residents attended a community meeting at Nervous Nellie’s. The topic was future development on the island. The meeting was organized by Bahia Via residents Mike and Dawn Miller and featured former Town Councilman Bill Veach and candidate Greg Scasny as speakers.
2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update
It’s the middle of August and the beaches of Manasota Key are adorned with turtle nests galore! After all, Manasota Key does host the densest sea turtle nesting on Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of August 19th, there were 4,620 loggerhead, 122 green, 1 leatherback and 1 Kemp’s ridley nests on the 14 miles of Manasota Key that Coastal Wildlife Club (CWC) volunteers monitor daily during sea turtle season.
Bradenton Police warn of new social media scam
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Bradenton Police want you to know about the latest scam sweeping its way across social media. It’s quite a simple scheme. The post will include pictures of missing or found children, asking for shares to help either locate the kid or bring them home. For...
Help is here to bring back the least terns in Sanibel
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Multiple agencies are coming together to build bird nests for least terns along the Sanibel Causeway after decades of unstable numbers. “Due to human activity and weather and storms and tides and stuff like that, that, they failed again in the '90s and didn't come back until last year,” Sanibel Captival Conservation Foundation shorebird biologist Aaron White said.
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