The School District of Lee County is feeling the impact of students leaving its public schools for education elsewhere. Florida’s student-based funding model means dollars follow the student and funds are allocated based on each school’s enrollment. Fewer students mean fewer dollars and ...
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) awarded $43,700 in conservation education scholarships to 15 students from the five-county area at a special ceremony on April 25. During its 21-year history, the DDWS Environmental Scholarship Program has awarded a total of ...
Top-level steaks and a continued long history of hospitality resonate in the reopening of Courtside Steakhouse at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa in Fort Myers. The SanCap Chamber recognized its member's accomplishment with a ribbon-cutting on March 9. “We are so proud, as a ...
Lee County Parks & Recreation announced upcoming improvements at the Punta Rassa Boat Ramp in Fort Myers, where an articulated concrete block mat will be installed to protect the ramp from erosion caused by boat loading and unloading. A barge is scheduled to arrive on May 6, with work ...
The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Sanibel held a luncheon and educational program, “Freedom of the Press Today: A Panel Discussion,” on March 16 at the Sundial Beach Resort & Spa on Sanibel. Moderated by Janice Chaddock, it featured three speakers related to first Amendment ...
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) will host a presentation and talk with author Emiliana Fuger, 9, on May 9 from 11 a.m. to noon at its Visitors Education Center on Sanibel. Her debut book, “Anatomy Under the Sea: The Adventures of Luna the Loggerhead,” is part of the ...
