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FMB at a Crossroads
“Fort Myers Beach is at a crossroads. In two decades, it has gone from a sleepy fishing village where everybody knew everybody to a popular ...
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1921 Tampa Bay Hurricane
As we prepare to run from another hurricane, it might be helpful to reflect upon the 1921 “Tampa Bay” hurricane which hit the Tarpon Springs/Tampa ...
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Who Was Jack DeLysle?
Who was Jack DeLysle? I had been reading about him in different articles as I was doing research on the early days on the island. ...
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Labor Day Hurricane 1935
In the late summer of 1935, the citizens of the Florida Keys were in the depths of the Great Depression. Key West, once a prosperous ...
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Al Capone and FMB?
Did Al Capone spend a week on Fort Myers Beach back in 1929 or 1930? According to Jean Matthew, Capone and some of his lawyers ...
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Times Square Through the Decades
Introduction In the past week, I have watched two different presentations on the redevelopment of Times Square. On Tuesday, June 11, the owners of the ...
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