Archive for June 3rd, 2010
OUR FABULOUS FLYING FIREFIGHTER!
While the Marco Island Fire/Rescue Department works hard answering emergency calls, they know how to use their off-duty time to the fullest. Chris Bowden, a Marco Island Fire Rescue EMT, seen here skim boarding at the beach on Saturday, May 30, was enjoying a high-flying time with his brother, Connor, over the waves. Both compete in the sport of [...]
Japanese Foodservice Association at Lely Palms
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 ….Lely Palms Retirement Community at 1000 Lely Palms Drive in Naples, Florida hosted forty-seven members of the Japan Foodservice Association. Lely Palms Retirement Community has been serving the Southwest senior population since 1984, over 25 years, and showcased their food services and community to the Japan Foodservice [...]
Deep horizon spill
The City of Marco Island is actively engaged in the Deep Horizon Spill planning/response effort. The City is: Reviewing and updating the State’s emergency response plan for the Southwest Coast of Florida and providing the updated to Collier County; Monitoring the status, updates and situation reports daily; Monitoring the beach for any [...]
Shorebird steward volunteers
Many of Florida’s beach-nesting shorebirds and sea birds have experienced decline as a result of habitat loss and excessive disturbance at nests and colonies. In response, locally, a volunteer program has been initiated via Audubon, Rookery Bay and the City of Marco Island, to help protect shorebirds and their vulnerable habitats, both in the [...]
Veterans’ Memorial designs “unveiled”
Dave Gardner, Commander of Marco Island’s VFW Post 6370, is proud to show the architectural designs for the Veterans’ Memorial to be located in Veteran’s Park in Marco Island. The plans, created by architectural firm, Kimley, Horn & Associates, include a secluded circle of concrete, 120 feet in diameter, surrounded in part by trees in [...]
A Day in the Everglades
“What does one do in Everglades City during the hot and muggy summer days?” many people ask. “How do you live with the mosquitoes?” There’s a lot to do when you live or come to visit the Everglades City area. In the early morning hours, a fishing trip or boat ride to the outer islands is a wonderful way to start the day in the [...]
IRON MAN 2
At the beginning Iron Man 2 shows promise of something more than a comic strip re-run. In the opening scene Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), brilliant, physically fit, self-assured, handsome, is pitted against Senator Stern (Gary Shandling), bloated, unfit, ostensibly corrupt. It’s a senate hearing in which the evil senator is trying to bring [...]
It takes a village
We are fortunate enough in our community to have numerous local residents who are truly amazing. Maybe it’s the things they’ve done in their lives, or maybe it’s the hardships they’ve overcome. Almost always, it’s an acquaintance you’d never guess had lived such a life, or did the wonderful things they still do, because they’re not [...]
Meet the cartoonists, David and Lee Horton
CBN - Lee, we’d like to get to know you and David and are looking forward to having you as part of the Coastal Breeze News team. Where did you grow up and what kinds of training and personal experience led you to becoming cartoonists? Lee: I graduated from the University of Illinois in advertising/graphic design, and worked with advertising [...]
Overnight Cruise
What is meant by day sailing? For me, it means being able to sail port to port in one day. It could include sailing for a few hours, or to a neighboring port to get a slip for the night or anchoring up for the night, before moving on the next day. From Marco Island you can make a landfall in one day to Panther Key, Indian Key, Everglades City, or [...]
