Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Beach News & Gossip

Browsing Posts published on May 8, 2009

The business has been around since 1954. It was named because Gulf surfs from hurricanes and tropical storms “wiped out” the former business a block north on Fort Myers Beach’s main street.

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A suspect in a hit-and-run accident from October was arrested in Illinois.

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Convicted killer John Richard Marek has lost an appeal at the Florida Supreme Court, just five days before his scheduled execution.

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The Lee County School District thinks the old “buddy system” will save art and music programs in elementary schools.

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Lee County deputies responded to a school burglary on Thursday night in Fort Myers.

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The Florida Department of Transportation says be prepared for traffic to be at a crawl on Colonial Boulevard.

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As one astronaut puts it, “Hubble needs a hug.”

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Two people were hospitalized after an accident that closed down all lanes of I-75 near Luckett Road (exit 139) on Friday morning.

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Officials have confirmed a total of six cases of swine flu in Lee County, and a probable case in Collier.

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A 75 acre brush fire is burning north of Sabal Palm Road and east of SR-951.

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Seminole Tribe would be able to keep blackjack at its Tampa and Broward County casinos under a proposed agreement that’s going to Gov. Charlie Crist.

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Dominic DiMaggio, a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history, has died at his Massachusetts home. He was 92.

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Afternoon high temperatures will be near 90-degrees. Overnight lows expected to be in the 70s.

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Fort Myers police are conducting a death investigation after receiving word of a dead body found behind an abandoned apartment complex.

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In the height of dry season, one Southwest Florida neighborhood got quite a soaking.

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