News Releases

Chocolate Expressions joins our New Year's Eve sponsors.

Lazy Flamingo joins our New Year's Eve Sponsors.

The City of Sanibel has received notification from the National Weather Service in Ruskin, Florida, that a Heat Advisory has been issued for Lee County, including Sanibel, from Noon to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday June 20, 2009.

We welcome the Bank of the Islands in joining with other sponsors to date including Biddles Bucket, Biddle’s Restaurant & Piano Bar, Sanibel Dairy Queen, Pfeifer Realty Group, and The Sanibel Café.

The Sanibel Recreation Center sponsored an after-school enrichment program. Second graders learned about different languages, different alphabets and habits of other countries then explored how Americans use manners as part of our culture. The group learned to make introductions and write formal invitations. As a final exercise, they invited their parents to have tea at the Sanibel Recreation Center.

Starting Wednesday, June 17th from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Round Robin Tennis is now at an earlier time to beat the summer heat!

The City of Sanibel has been notified that the Lee County Sheriff’s Department will be Conducting Helicopter Air to Water Training Exercises along the Sanibel Causeway on Monday, June 15, 2009. For questions, please contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Department at (239) 477-1830.

Summer Camp is open to children entering grades one through eight and operates Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Today, City Manager Judie Zimomra announced that James C. Jordan, has been appointed to the position of the City of Sanibel Planning Director.

The City of Sanibel is pleased to inform you that a new Lightning Prediction System has been installed at the Recreation Center, Tennis Courts, Ball Fields / Pavilion School Complex and at Community Park on Periwinkle Way.

Sanibel Police Department has arrested two 19 year old males, with Fort Myers addresses, for home burglary and larceny. The arrests were made after an anonymous tip was reported to the Sanibel Police Department. An investigation revealed the defendants burglarized a home that was being remodeled.

Tonight, at low tide between the hours of 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., Banks Brothers Marine Contractors will move a barge under the bridge at Periwinkle Way and Limpet. There will be no construction noise as part of this operation. It is necessary for the Barge to be moved at low tide due to height clearance under the bridge for the barge and crane.

As the rainy season approaches, the City of Sanibel would like to remind all citizens, landscape and pest control professionals that frequent and unpredictable summer downpours increase the opportunities for nutrient run-off to enter our local waters.

Dairy Queen Sanibel is the first Island ice cream store and Pfeifer Realty Group is the first Island real estate firm to join the list of sponsors supporting the New Year’s Eve Party at the City’s Recreation Center.

Beginning June 15th, 2009 through October 1st, 2009, the Seniors’ Center will begin a modified summer hours schedule.

On Monday, June 22, 2009 the City of Sanibel will begin maintenance dredging of the area adjacent to the City’s public boat ramp. The boat ramp will not be available for use during the construction period of June 22, 2009 through June 26, 2009. We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience while this important public improvement project is completed. Funding for this dredging project is through a West Coast Inland Navigation grant.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) will be conducting prescribed burns on the Foundation’s conservation lands in the Center Tract (along the south side of Sanibel-Captiva Road between MM1 and MM2), and the Frannie’s and Johnston Preserves (along the east side of Tarpon Bay Road) on Monday June 8 through Friday June 12, 2009 to help preserve the natural ecology of the area and to reduce the likelihood of catastrophic wildfires.

Summer Camp is open to children entering grades one through eight and operates Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Brenda and Andy Biddle, owners of Biddles Bucket and Biddle’s Restaurant and Piano Bar, are the first Sanibel sponsor to support the New Year’s Eve Party at the City’s Recreation Center.

Sanibel residents and visitors of all ages are invited to a pool party and family luau at the Sanibel Recreation Center on Friday, June 5, 2009 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.