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Tommy’s opens at the Shell Factory By CHUCK BALLARO - | Jan 27, 2021 The long-awaited Tommy's Tiki Bar has opened at The Shell Factory & Nature Park. It took a year and a half from start to finish, but the Shell Factory was finally able to cut the ribbon on one of its biggest projects ever this month, when it opened Tommy’s Tiki Bar. Many friends and supporters were on hand to witness the opening of the covered outdoor bar on Jan. 13, which finally put a cap on the three big projects that were done on the restaurant portion of the complex.

Civic honors Gardner, Yorde, Hoover Heroic group of students also recognized By CHUCK BALLARO - | Jan 20, 2021 LEFT: Linda Yorde with Civic president Doug Dailey after Yorde was named the winner of the Diamond Award, given to women of distinction. CENTER: Pioneer Award winner Ron Hoover, former head football coach at North Fort Myers High School, speaks at the awards ceremony. RIGHT: North Fort Myers Civic Association president Doug Dailey, Pam Cronin, owner of the Shell Factory, and Cronin Award winner John Gardner at the awards ceremony. CHUCK BALLARO It was a big night for the North Fort ...

Robert Cacioppo, artistic director at the Players Circle, said there will be something for everybody this season. “When I do theater, I like to have a wide variety. I think the nightclub season we’ve chosen reflects that,” Cacioppo said. “We have a comedian who’s improvisational, another is a storyteller, we have jazz and country. We have a really nice mix.” Shows will run from Feb. 4 through April 1 at the venue that has reinvented itself from a 200-seat professional theater to a 50-seat nightclub with spaced seating, temperature checks, thorough sanitizing, and masks worn by all...

A sad reality of the COVID-19 pandemic means the cancelation of the annual New Bedford Day event in Fort Myers, Florida.

Shell Factory tells 2020 ‘You’re outta here’ By CHUCK BALLARO - | Jan 6, 2021 Dolly and Bill Wilson dance the rest of 2020 away at the “Good Riddance to 2020” party at the Shell Factory on Thursday. CHUCK BALLARO For many, 2020 was a year they would like to forget. So, it was only appropriate to give such a year the sendoff it deserved. The Shell Factory marked the end of the year with a “Good Riddance to 2020” party outside what will soon be Tommy’s Tiki Bar, where more than 100 people counted down the final hours of the year – at least until 8 or 9 p.m.