Archive for July, 2010
Mike Minozzi passes
Services: Michael F. Minozzi, Jr. Marco Island, FL Visitation will be on Thursday, August 5 from 4-7 p.m. at Josberger Funeral Home at 577 Elkcam Circle on Marco Island. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made by contributions to the Marco Island Police Foundation and the Marco Island Fire Department Foundation. Funeral [...]
“I Thought I was Invincible!”
Coastal Breeze News salutes Gil Mueller in our ‘Salute to Veterans’ Series By Val Simon and John Patterson Gil Mueller started getting draft notices while he was still in high school in Park Ridge, Illinois. He was still too young to serve in the military. But as they say, the third time is a charm, at least for the government that [...]
Our New Bridge
Signs of the emerging new Jolley Bridge are beginning to appear as work continues on the Marco River. Since January, FIGG/Johnson Bros. has been building the sub-structure and relocating utilities. Now three new columns are in place; the third is seen here wrapped in black. Also visible is the white concrete footer of the fourth column. The [...]
Boat owners advised to secure your boats
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 aware that a ring of boat thieves is moving in on Marco boats. On July 8th 2010 at 12:48 a.m. an Officer from the Marco Island Police Department observed an occupied suspicious vehicle (no [...]
Castaway the Big ‘C’
The Marco Island Unit of the American Cancer Society kicked off its 2011 Relay for Life campaign at the Marriott Crystal Shores’ Stilt's on Thursday, July 22nd. On hand for the festivities were ACS's Marco Island Unit Director Melissa Felice, Relay for Life Campaign Chairman Dr. Loan Lam, and RLF Co-chair Vanessa Warner. According to Dr. Lam, [...]
Networking for Dummies
The Marco Island Chamber of Commerce recently held a "Networking for Dummies" program presented by Chamber member Dave Longfield-Smith of Costco. President Vip Grover indicated the program is just one example of "your Chamber membership at work." About thirty attendees showed up to learn the finer points of speed networking. "The facilitator was [...]
School Board Candidates Forum
Collier County District School Board seats will be voted on in the August 24th primary election. The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island hosted a school board candidates’ forum in July so residents of the area had an opportunity to get to know their prospective candidates. There were more than 50 people in attendance to hear candidate’s [...]
Domestic violence hits close to home
On Sunday, July 18, an arrest was made on Marco Island of a man charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The victim of the alleged felony battery was a woman. (The man was also charged with violating a restraining injunction already in place because of domestic violence.) Unfortunately, this case is a reminder of the fact that [...]
Beau Middlebrook – A real living legend
Do you remember the opening of The Andy Griffith Show where nine-year-old Ronnie Howard is walking with a fishing pole over his shoulder down a country road? Over twenty-five years ago Beau Middlebrook, being the only child on the Isles of Capri, was doing the same thing. The only difference was that Howard had that infamous red hair; Beau's was [...]
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, and therefore “The Bird” will be celebrating with a fabulous party on [...]
