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 ...
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 ...
On Oct. 10, Calusa Waterkeeper’s State of Our Water Quarterly Series will bring together regional conservation organizations, scientists, and the community to explore one of Southwest Florida’s most important and vulnerable landscapes: the estuary at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.
Shell Point. Iona Cove. Cattle Dock Point. Glover Bight. These features in the mouth of the Caloosahatchee make up one of Southwest Florida’s most significant coastal landscapes, with both ecological and economic importance. The estuary contains some of the region’s last remaining undeveloped shorelines, critical nursery habitat for fish and wildlife, and one of the last remaining high-use ...
The Noah’s Ark Thrift Shop opens for another season.
Located at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, the store will be open from 10 am. To 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Operating for more than 60 years, the shop features clothes, jewelry, furniture, decor, art, shoes, books and ...
A joint Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. in the chapel at The Sanibel Community Church to honor the Rev. Dr. Edward VanderHey and Mrs. Barbara VanderHey. A reception will follow at The Fellowship Hall.
Both were very active residents of Sanibel until about 10 years ago when they moved to Shell Point. VanderHey was a pastor at SCC and they were both very active in FISH, The Rotary Club, the Senior Center, and they volunteered for just about everything on the island, including teaching Safe Driving classes for seniors at the Sanibel Recreation Center.
As a tribute to Jay N. “Ding” Darling’s 150th birthday, Art in the Wild will be had at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
The celebration will take place Tuesday, Oct. 21, Wednesday, Oct. 22, and Thursday, Oct. 23.
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society Philanthropic ...
This coming Tuesday evening, Oct.13, the Sanibel Island Fishing Club will be holding its first meeting of the 2026-27 angling season.
The meeting will be held in the north room of the Sanibel Island Community House, which is located at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL. The meeting gets ...
The Sanibel Recreation Center reported on upcoming programs and activities.
The Flag Football Fall League will run from Friday, Oct. 9 through Friday, Nov. 20, with practice from 5 to 5:45 p.m. followed by game play from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Open to boys and girls in grades K-8, the program ...
The first meeting of the year will be on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, from 5:30-8 p.m., at the Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel for the Sanibel Fly Fishers.
Joe Mahler will start off the evening with tips on “How to Read a Fly Box” - become to be an informed consumer and ...
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 ...
The Sanibel Planning Commission gave a nod of approval to move the allowance of miniature golf as a conditional use in the General Commercial zoning district forward to the City Council during its meeting last week.
Planning Director Paula McMichael said the consideration of a resolution to ...
