Chamber honors awardees, names new officers
By CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - | Apr 14, 2021
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Past Chair Brian Kautz, left, and incoming Chair Mark Blust, right, present former Sanibel Mayor Mick Denham with the chamber’s 2021 Citizen of the Year Award.
In a nudge toward a return to normalcy, the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on April 7 in an outdoor venue at the Dunes Golf & Tennis Club with a limited number of attendees.
“In a normal pre-pandemic year, we could have been hosting nearly 180 people indoors,” chamber President John Lai said. “Last year, we skipped the meeting altogether. This year, we invited fewer than 50 board members and the winners of the 2021 annual awards, which we honored that evening.”
Council says goodbye to members and votes on permits, signs
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | Mar 9, 2021
The Sanibel City Council bid farewell to three council members at its recent meeting, as well as considered special events permits and a change to temporary outdoor signage for businesses.
On March 2, Mayor Mick Denham marked his final meeting serving on the council, along with Councilmembers Chauncey Goss and Jerry Muench. Denham did not seek re-election in March, and Goss and Muench were appointed late last year on an interim basis to fill the seats of former Mayor Kevin Ruane and Councilmember Jason Maughan as they ran for office in November’s election.
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Publix, the most prominent private partner in Floridaâs vaccine distribution network, strongly disputed a news report insinuating the company had been allowed to operate with little oversight.
The company’s corporate office offered strong words in response to a Miami Herald report regarding the supermarket’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
âFrom the beginning of the vaccination rollout at Publix pharmacies, Publix has been in direct and constant contact with the state, requesting direction and frequently detailing vaccination plans at our stores,â reads a statement from the Lakeland-based grocery chain.
Sanibel elects 3 new members to city council
Published: March 2, 2021 10:08 PM EST
Updated: March 2, 2021 10:14 PM EST
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The City of Sanibel held its municipal election Tuesday to fill three Sanibel City Council seats.
Incoming councilmen John Henshaw, Mike Miller and Dr. Scott Crater were elected to city council. They will join Vice Mayor Holly Smith and Councilman Richard Johnson as the elected leaders of Sanibel.
Credit: Lee Elections.
Three seats were vacant on council, as longtime council member Mayor Mick Denham and council members Chauncey Goss and Jerrold Muench chose not to continue serving on city council.
Henshaw, Miller and Crater will all be sworn in during a March 16 meeting, and a new Sanibel mayor and vice mayor will also be chosen.