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🌱 Meet the Sanibel Tomato Pickers, the island’s original baseball champs

Sanibel, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Sanibel! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Sanibel Tomato Pickers, the island’s original baseball champs

Also on today's calendar: Sanibel Public Library District Board Meeting and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 82 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 83.
  • Wednesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 82 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sanibel's forgotten baseball team (floridaweekly.com) — Sanibel’s little-known 1910 Tomato Pickers baseball team once ruled the Caloosahatchee Valley league, offering a vivid window into the island’s farming days before bridges, tourism, and air conditioning. Local historians recount how players traveled by boat, worked as fishermen and farmworkers, and played on makeshift fields, preserving a colorful chapter of Sanibel’s identity.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Monday August 24
  • Town Council Meeting 9:00 AM →
    Fort Myers Beach Calendar, Town Hall - Council Chambers 6231 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach
    9:00 am
  • Anchorage Advisory Committee (AAC) 9:00 AM →
    Town of Fort Myers Beach - Town Hall - Council Chambers 6231 Estero Boulevard Fort Myers B
    9:00 am
  • Make A Banana Split! →
    Captiva Memorial Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva
    10:00 am
  • Zentangle for the Seasons
    Alliance for the Arts 10091 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33919, United States
    6:00 pm
    • Tuesday August 25
  • City of Cape Coral Municipal Police Officers' Retirement Plan Boa
    City of Cape Coral Public Calendar 1015 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990
    8:30 am
  • In the Galleries - August and September 2026
    Alliance for the Arts 10091 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33919, United States
    9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Tower Gallery, located at 751 Tarpon Bay Rd.
    , Sanibel, is one of the most iconic and longest running art galleries in all of Southwest Florida! Stop by if you’re in this neck of the woods and… (Nextdoor Central Sanibel)
  • City of Sanibel Florida posted a job opening for Lifeguard, As-needed PT in Sanibel. Apply here.
  • Troon Golf, L.L.C. posted a job opening for Starter/Marshal in Cape Coral. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sanibel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Myers Beach

  • This Underrated Florida City Is The Perfect Getaway In Every Season (southernliving.com)

Cape Coral

Ok Sanibel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Sanibel

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Sanibel

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.