Feature Stories
FREESTYLE MARTIAL ARTS »
Marco Island Parks and Recreation is pleased to offer a freestyle martials arts class for kids, which will be held at [...]
CityScope
New Fire Truck for Marco »
The call came in as I was talking to Fire Chief Mike Murphy and Deputy Chief Chris Byrne about the new [...]
Man arrested after police »
The following is a report from Captain David Baer of Marco Island Police Department. On August 28, [...]
Jim Riviere now City Manager »
Voted unanimously 7 to 0 at the August 16 city council meeting, Jim Riviere’s title was changed in a [...]
Editorial
FREE ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE »
For Parents & School Age Children SEPTEMBER 9 at 2pm Truly Memorable & Uplifting High Holy Day Services Attend services in J.C.M.I.’s [Read More]
Tales Told Twice
The Next Hurricane »
This is a continuation of a series on the history of hurricanes in our area.If you missed [...]
Hurricane Wilma 2005 »
The “Greatest Storms on Earth” – Part VII This is a continuation of a series on [...]
Hurricane Andrew »
The “Greatest Storms on Earth” – Part VI In the afternoon of August 23, 1992, [...]
Entertainment
SAMI Fall Ladies Day Race »
Ladies will be at the helm of the boats racing under sail this Saturday, Sept. 11, off the beaches of Marco Island and Keewaydin Island. For the past few years the Sailing Association of Marco Island (SAMI) has been featuring "Ladies Day" races where the boats carry their [Read More]
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Environment
What was that?
You have seen the movement out of the corner of your eye; you have heard the subtle leaves or fronds twitch; and you have seen the quick, blurry, scurry of a small brown lizard on the pool deck or running up the lanai screen. Every first-time visitor exclaims at some point, “What was that?!” In Florida, it would be unusual not to come [...]
Purple Martins – Housing Needed
So, you want to be a landlord but not pay tourist tax, get headaches from the tenants or maintain landscape, fences or roofs? How about becoming a Purple Martin Landlord? It is only for a few months, creates entertainment year after year, and benefits your yard! Purple Martins (Progne subis) are the largest swallow in North America that migrate [...]
Clearing exotic vegetation
A City of Marco Island Exotic Vegetation Removal Permit (#10-040) was issued in July for the removal of invasive, non-native (exotic) species of vegetation at 40 South Heathwood Drive. There are no building plans submitted to the City of Marco Island. Marco Island Hospital, Inc., using Woods and Wetlands, Inc., is removing exotic, invasive [...]
Pitching in to keep it clean
Erik Condee, along with Condee employees Terry Chapin, Rene Simon and Brett Reynolds participated in a beach clean-up Sunday, July 18 along with Coastal Breeze News staffers Carole Musgrave, Jeane Brennan, Marilyn Honahan and Val Simon. The combined efforts of these two locally-owned businesses resulted in a five-mile stretch of Marco Island [...]