To the editor: Another of our island NGOs, FISH, has again bought property for another overly dense and large non-conforming building before obtaining the necessary zoning variances. Right on schedule the Planning Commission again recommended approval. Again too, this building is ...
Last December, 312 of you joined the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) in sending comments to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oppose its proposed rule to strip protections from millions of acres of wetlands. This month, the EPA released an updated rule that ...
To the editor: There are some projects that begin as an idea and, somewhere along the way, become something much larger than anyone could have imagined. For me, the City of Sanibel’s A Field of Heroes became exactly that. What began as a way to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept.11, ...
On Sept. 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian gave Southwest Florida the most expensive stress test in the state’s history. In a matter of hours, the Category 4 storm showed exactly which buildings were ready for a major hurricane – and which were not. According to the National Hurricane Center, Ian ...
After Hurricane Ian, we all witnessed our islands come back one gift at a time. Some of what arrived made headlines. Most of it didn’t. Neighbors gave what they could spare, seasonal residents sent help before their own repairs were finished, visitors were moved by a community they had come ...
To the editor: My family moved to Sanibel Island in 1995, when I was a child. I attended The Sanibel School, grew up here, worked here, and called this island home until 2015, when life took me to Tennessee. But Sanibel never stopped being home. In 2026, my husband and I moved our family back ...
