Captiva News

“This will be our fourth year to provide the Verizon Yellow Pages to the Fort Myers area and we continue to grow and provide a valuable, single-book solution for our advertisers and consumers”

Whether you live in Cape Coral or Lehigh Acres the directory includes listings for Cape Coral, Estero, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers, Pine Island and Sanibel-Captiva Islands, ... via PR-inside.com

According to Lee County investigators, mysterious boaters may be connected to Saturday night's attack on a vacationing couple on North Captiva Island. via WINK-TV Fort Myers

“I thought, now we have to buckle down and get to work and provide a quality product and good service and good things will happen”

Vision, grit and determination in beating back adversity. The stories of six small Lee County businesses all revolve around that theme, which has led to their being nominated for the 2007 Southwest Florida Blue ... via News Press

Reported by ABC7 News Posted on: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 LEE COUNTY: Authorities have released the 9-1-1 call made after a couple was attacked inside their vacation home on North Captiva Island. via WZVN-TV Fort Myers

“I mean people just don't come to an island within a baseball bat and smack people”

The family of a Middleton couple who was attacked this weekend by an intruder in their Florida vacation home said the pair is still recovering in a hospital. via Channel3000

“Our deputies had to get out there by helicopter. Obviously one of the big questions is how this guy got there and where he went.”

A visiting Wisconsin couple has been released from the hospital after a bat-wielding intruder smashed his way into the bungalow they were renting on North Captiva Island on Saturday night, injuring both. via News Press

A suspect is being sought by the Lee County Sheriff's deputies for the home invasion of a Captiva Island home and the assault of its residents. via News Press

“I have a very patient husband”

Right off the bat you realize you're not in a normal sort of club meeting. Women in the front row are passing around a large squirming snake. via News Press

“Somebody left a light on inside their home, and the hatchlings were disoriented”

The Sanibel-Captiva 2007 sea turtle season produced 3 percent more nests than in 2006, with Sanibel's east end showing a 50 percent increase. via News Press

“The first rule in statistics is to keep a constant universe”

The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce is taking a "do-it-yourself" approach to lodging statistics. via News Press

“It's what I expected to happen with these packaged treatment center, which are, quite frankly, unreliable”

After being forced recently to close two of its beaches because of high bacteria levels, Sanibel officials decided to double the number of testing locations to 10. via News Press

When a plastic bowl of Day-Glo-orange cheez-y sauce was plopped on our table as queso dip, I had a bad feeling. via News Press

“This is positive news for the residents and visitors to our area and we are very pleased in light of recent reports that dangerous levels of bacteria were found in the coastal waters off of our beaches.”

PURRE Water Coalition tests Gulf waters Preliminary analysis of tests sponsored by the PURRE Water Coalition showed no significant levels of Enterococci, and fecal coliform bacteria commonly used as indicators ... via FOX 4 Florida

“The location of the property is a very special location. It's Gulf to bay at the mouth of the Roosevelt Channel in Pine Island Sound”

A Gulf-front house on Captiva has been sold for $13.5 million, making it the most expensive home ever sold in Lee County. via News Press

When two of Sanibel's beaches were put under health advisories for almost three weeks for contaminated water, city officials said they thought small sewer packaging plants could be to blame. via FOX 4 Florida

Over the past two years while attorneys and bureaucrats, appointees and environmental groups threatened lawsuits and screamed back and forth at each other, mother nature, as she often does, kindly intervened. via News Press

The saga on Sabibel continues. Bowman's Beach didn't pass the test on Monday and now officials are stepping up their efforts to find out what's causing the contamination. via FOX 4 Florida

Name: Jennifer Rines Age: 33 Job: I have been recently promoted to senior vice president for First Community Bank of Southwest Florida and its two affiliated banks, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank and ... via News Press

“Non-compliance suggests that you have the possibility of contamination. It is known non-compliance.”

The four private sewer plants that serve half of the 2,500 homes on Captiva have not met safety or clean water standards in recent inspection reports, according to records of the Florida Department of ... via News Press

“We are treating this very, very seriously. We will take whatever action we legally can.”

The bacteria-laden waters that have closed some of Sanibel's beaches since Sept. via News Press