Sanibel News & Press Releases

Performer Damaris Peters-Pike of Women of Note kicks off the Coping with Life Series at the Senior Center on Friday, January 9th at 2:00 pm.

Join your friends and neighbors in the enhanced adult co-ed Softball League.

Restorative Yoga is an especially nurturing and gentle practice and is very beneficial to those in caretaking positions or with special health needs or physical limitations.

Pond Apple Park is CLOSED due to nesting bird activity. The Trail will reopen once nesting is complete.

SANIBEL CITY HALL OFFICES will be closed in observance of New Year’s on Thursday & Friday, January 1 & 2, 2009, and will resume regular operating hours on Monday, January 5, 2009.

This New Year’s Eve please be reminded that possession and discharge of FIREWORKS on Sanibel Island is ILLEGAL, per Ordinance 01-10. Please Protect our Wildlife.

Youth and Adult Karate sessions start in January.

New fitness, aquatics, and youth programs!

Expanded aerobics classes will be available at the Senior Center. Starting Monday, January 5th an additional class will be offered at 11:00 am.

Starting on Friday, January 2nd, there will be new hours for all water aerobics classes. The new schedule is based on patron input and cooler morning temperatures.

The City of Sanibel Recreation Center will be open on Friday, December 26, 2008.

The City of Sanibel Vegetation Committee will offer a guided native plant tour of City Hall grounds, which have been planted solely with native plants, on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 beginning promptly at 10 a.m.

The City of Sanibel Recreation Center will be open until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2008.

All ages are invited to participate in the Sanibel Recreation Center’s New Year’s Eve Celebration! This old-fashioned Sock-Hop family event will take place Wednesday, December 31st from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Sanibel Recreation Center, 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road.

As a reminder, refuse, recycle and vegetative waste collection by Waste Pro will be one day later beginning Thursday, December 25, 2008.

The City Of Sanibel Vegetation Committee will offer a guided native plant tour of City Hall grounds, which have been planted solely with native plants, on Wednesday January 7 & 21, 2009 beginning promptly at 10:00 A.M.

SANIBEL CITY HALL OFFICES will be closed in observance of Christmas on Thursday & Friday, December 25 & 26, 2008, and will resume regular operating hours on Monday, December 29, 2008.

Sanibel City Hall offices will also be closed in observance of New Year’s on Thursday & Friday, January 1 & 2, 2009 and will resume regular operating hours on Monday, January 5, 2009.

During the last 72 hours, the City has experienced intermittent e-mail and internet service.

The City has been informed by Mr. Robert Neal, P.E., Lee County Division of Natural Resources, that the Blind Pass dredging project is attracting sharks.

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