'Best of the Islands' winners photo gallery
Isaias becomes season's first hurricane
Captivating Quandary
To the editor: 154: That is the number of Florida special districts that have been dissolved since 2018. Not all were dissolved for the same reason, and this is not a suggestion that the Captiva Erosion Prevention District is presently facing dissolution. But the number should give its constituents pause. Special districts are not permanent simply because the communities they serve value them. Florida maintains formal processes for their oversight, inactivity, and dissolution. For Captiva, CEPD has a home-rule effect. It allows the community to elect its own governing board to address an issue uniquely important to the island and gives that board the authority to tax and assess ...
CEPD engages GMS, promotes Batchelor as district finance and operations manager
Shell Club meeting to address changes at shell museum
The Oct. 11 meeting of the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will feature longtime club member Dr. Jose’ H. Leal, who is the science director and curator of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium. The topic will address what’s new at the National Shell Museum and Aquarium. He ...
New members, advisors and allies join The Lee Communities Coalition
The Lee Communities Coalition (TLCC), an alliance of civic and community organizations that united in August 2026 to oppose sweeping changes to Lee County’s Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code proposed with no public input, is continuing to grow as new organizations join the opposition to changes. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, TLCC announced that the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) has joined as a full member and that 1000 Friends of Florida and Calusa Waterkeeper have joined as organizational advisors. The League of Women Voters of Lee County has also joined as a communications ally to help share news and information about the Coalition’s ...
Lee County Supervisor of Elections mails voting information to large precincts
Last week, the Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office mailed approximately 200,000 voter engagement notices for the Nov. 3 general election to voters in 37 high-population precincts. The notices provide voters with information on voting by mail and early voting, two alternatives to voting on Election Day. Both are convenient voting options that can expedite casting their ballots in the upcoming election. The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. Requesting a vote-by-mail ballot does not require an excuse, and the return postage is paid. Request a vote-by-mail ballot Early voting will take place Oct. 19-31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voters may ...
