Feature Stories
Castaway the Big »
The Marco Island Unit of the American Cancer Society kicked off its 2011 Relay for Life campaign at the Marriott Crystal [...]
CityScope
School Board Candidates Forum »
Collier County District School Board seats will be voted on in the August 24th primary election. The [...]
A busy time at City Hall »
If last week’s City Council meeting is any indication, City Hall is busier than ever. The bi-weekly [...]
Marco resident dies from »
Update from MIPD: Dolores Pogorzelski, age 84, residing in the Kendall Drive area of Marco Island [...]
Editorial
Boat owners advised to secure your »
At the last City Council meeting on Monday, July 19, MIPD Chief Carr advised boat owners to take special care that their boats are secured and to be [Read More]
Tales Told Twice
Hurricane Andrew »
The “Greatest Storms on Earth” – Part VI In the afternoon of August 23, 1992, [...]
1960 Hurricane Donna »
The “Greatest Storms on Earth” - Part V This is a continuation of a series on the [...]
1935 & 1940s »
The “Greatest Storms on Earth” Part IV This is a continuation of a series on the [...]
Entertainment
The Bird is Legal! »
The legend began twenty-one years ago as of August 1. A man who many Marco Islanders knew well, Tony Rainone, opened the Crazy Flamingo in Town Center just off of Collier Blvd, where it can still be found today. Turning twenty-one is a rite of passage in American society, [Read More]
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Environment
The heat is on and so is the shark bite!
Sharks have received a lot of bad rap, mostly from movies like Jaws, and media coverage of the occasional attack on humans. Yes, they are menacing and they do feed in shallow coastal waters where humans swim, but truth be told, you have a higher likelihood of being killed by a lightening strike than by a Shark attack. A search in Google revealed [...]
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 [...]
Southwest Florida Wildlife’s “911”
Recently, I had the fortunate opportunity to spend the day at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Inc.’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic. It gave me a glimpse of the array of impacts to our community’s wildlife from fishing line, vehicles, habitat destruction to illness and diseases. As a few folks on the Island have done, I have brought [...]