Laura Tichy-Smith
The News-Press
Fort Myers, FL, United States
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Go by Boat: Sample food from 20-plus restaurants at Taste of Punta Gorda
This Sunday, the Punta Gorda Rotary Club offers you a delightful way to find out with its 11th annual Taste of Punta Gorda held in Laishley Park → Read More
Funky music festival short walk from Punta Gorda's marina
An up-and-comer Southern rock band will headline the Friday night of the festival, which will take place in Punta Gorda's City Marketplace → Read More
Go by Boat: Annual show will float your boat
The free show runs Friday through Sunday, and it offers plenty to see and do along with offering a glimpse into the private community of Bonita Bay → Read More
Go By Boat: Sunset cruise served with a side of comedy
Taking a sunset cruise with Capt. Bob Beckstrom's Summer Breeze Cruises provides a dandy and affordable way to get out on the water → Read More
Go by boat: 'Botel' and restaurant beckon boaters with new docks
The new set of floating docks, set up in a horseshoe shape, can accommodate larger boats and the entire fleet of a 30-vessel boat club → Read More
Go by boat: Elegant jazz brunch short walk from Fort Myers Yacht Basin
The club is located just a five-minute walk from the public docks at the Fort Myers Yacht Basin. → Read More
Boating forecast: Hot chili, cold beer and cool blues at waterfront festival
The seventh annual Charlotte Harbor Chili Challenge, Beer & Blues Festival takes place Saturday. → Read More
Go By Boat: Ship store has stock galore
The store carries a surprising selection of equipment, maintenance supplies and repair parts for boats → Read More
Go by boat: Midwestern bar food and sunset cruise
This restaurant serves Midwestern-style bar food with a menu heavy on sandwiches and pizza, and the food fits the mood of the space well. → Read More
North Fort Myers bait shop offers unique blend of fishing gear, electronics repair
Marinatown Bait Shop owner Christopher Carr can meet all your fishing needs and will repair your phone too → Read More
Go By Boat: Bert's on Matlacha will bring you back to old Florida
Bert's Bar and Grill is a Florida dive bar but in the nicest sense of the word. → Read More
New Tarpon Point eatery offers dockside to-go food, drink
Lunch, beer, wine, this new restaurant has it all. → Read More
Boat parades ready to sail in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Fort Myers Beach
See the show or be part of it as Cape Coral, Fort Myers celebrates the season with a different boat parade set for every weekend → Read More
Go By Boat: Singer throws high-energy party at Fort Myers Beach
His show combines his talent for sounding like stars from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to Tom Jones with the fact the only one he physically resembles is Jones → Read More
Go by boat: Marina offers convenient access to Fort Myers Beach Sand Sculpting competition
Once you're there, you'll find plenty for all ages to do at the event. Beyond watching world-class sand sculptors ply their astonishing talents, → Read More
Go by boat: Marina offers convenient access to Fort Myers Beach Sand Sculpting competition
Once you're there, you'll find plenty for all ages to do at the event. Beyond watching world-class sand sculptors ply their astonishing talents, → Read More
Go By Boat: Leave the motor at home during Calusa Blueway Fishing Tournament
Tournament benefiting children's cancer charity is exclusively for non-motorized watercrafts kayaks, stand-up paddleboards, canoes and rowboats → Read More
Go By Boat: Island coffee shop is diner and more
Just grab a table and then navigate on over to the self-service coffee corner to help yourself to a cup of perfect Joe. → Read More
Boating and football? Sports bar on canal lets you do it all
"It's pretty relaxed, and the food is excellent," Shannon Werley said. → Read More
Catch, photograph, release at Downtown Showdown photo tournament
Anglers take photos of the catch against an issued official measuring device and then immediately release the fish back into the place it was caught → Read More