At a recent special meeting, the Sanibel City Council selected an executive search firm to conduct its city manager search after hearing from two of the three companies that were scheduled to present. On June 15, the council voted unanimously 5-0 to approve a motion to pick Colin Baenziger ...
UPDATE: The Annual Sam Bailey's Islands Night scheduled for June 16, featuring the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels versus the Lakeland Flying Tigers, was postponed due to rain. Islands Night has been rescheduled for the June 30 game against the Bradenton Marauders. Tickets to the rained out game will ...
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District has launched a live, apportionment model map online. Today, the CEPD reported that Technical Policy Director Daniel Munt has crafted an interactive map utilizing the ARCGIS system that displays the tentative apportionment model — under consideration by ...
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation recently acquired three off-island properties on McGregor Boulevard near the Sanibel Causeway of environmental importance. A total of over 25 acres, all three contain mangrove forest with or immediately adjacent to tidally influenced ...
All-electronic tolling will continue permanently on the Cape Coral, Midpoint and Sanibel Causeway bridges under a plan approved on June 15 by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners. The plan also means the board will return to the same tollway fee structure that was in place before the ...
F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva launched a butterfly project as part of its monthly Friendly Faces Luncheon via Zoom. In May, attendees learned about butterflies from the Thrifty Garden at Butterfly Estates in Fort Myers. They received their own butterfly habitat and milkweed plant containing ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted on June 15 to award a one-year as-needed contract to Solitude Lake Management to provide collection, remediation, transfer, treatment and/or disposal of blue-green algae or similar threats from various county canals and waterways. The board ...
Lucas Pierce, of Newark, Ohio, hooked a sawfish on June 9 at about 8 p.m. in front of the Pointe Santo condos on West Gulf Drive on Sanibel. He reported that it took over an hour to reel in the fish, which was then safety released. The sawfish was about 10 feet in length and at least 300 ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted on June 15 to award a professional services contract to AECOM to provide evaluation and planning for a Countywide Wastewater Master Plan. The Countywide Wastewater Master Plan (CWMP) will provide a comprehensive analysis of the county's ...
The Sandpiper Press announced “Captivated, The Art of Ikki Matsumoto” has been recognized with a bronze medal in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Coffee Table Book category. “The IPPY’s is a global competition, so being singled out by them as one of the top three ...
