Archive for August, 2010
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 Sanctuary. Only $100 a seat (or $50 per Holiday), applied to 1st year’s dues. We welcome you to join our family. Dues Include High Holy Day Seats Reduced 1st Year Dues for New Members. [...]
Man arrested after police chase
The following is a report from Captain David Baer of Marco Island Police Department. On August 28, 2010 at 1230pm, a white Cadillac was observed by a Marco Island Police Supervisor traveling at a high rate of speed northbound in the construction zone near the Jolley Bridge. The Cadillac was stopped by the Police Sergeant in the [...]
Boat sinks when lift fails
On Sunday morning, residents on Marlin Court noticed that their neighbors boat had sunk and called MI Emergency Services. The stern of this Grady White motor boat, with its two outboard motors attached, sunk into the canal below when the structure of the boat lift failed and collapsed, and the boat filled with water. Photos by Jim Sousa
Viva La Tour de France
In 2003, I was lucky enough to go to France and see Lance Armstrong cross the finish line in Paris to win his fourth consecutive Tour de France. My good friend and colleague in Island Bike Tours, Susan Evans, has done what most of us cyclists only dream of: riding some of the same routes in the Tour De France as the professional riders do, while [...]
School Bells Ring…
As parents, you may count how ‘time flies’ based on current sports and school schedules. Once school begins, there is a whirlwind of homework and extra-curricular activities available to the children of the area. We are reminded by the Marco Island Police Department to slow down and drive more cautiously now children will be on their way to [...]
Camp Mackle a success
Amber Prange, City of Marco Island Parks and Recreation Department’s Teen Recreation Director, reported a successful first year at Camp Mackle for the City of Marco Island. The new camp replaced the old 'Sports Club' program and the renewed energy of the new camp was a big hit with children and parents alike. Each week, students took a look at a [...]
Phoenix Falling
Last week, I sat down at a comfortable Starbucks café in downtown Naples and talked with drummer Colby Peters and guitarist Christian Logaglio of Phoenix Falling. Phoenix Falling is a local group from Naples who is shining in the spotlight currently. With their ever-growing fan base, the band is awaiting imminent studio backing. Colby and [...]
Tragic vessel accident kills 31 year old Emil Dan Prunean
An East Naples man was killed on August 5th in a boating accident after he was thrown into another vessel near Keewaydin Island. Emil Dan Prunean, 31, originally from Medias Romania, suffered fatal injuries as a result of the accident. There were no other injuries or any signs of alcohol consumption reported. Emil came from Romania with his [...]
Men and women in blue
Meet Officer “TC” Cowait Just a two hour drive, across the Big Cypress Swamp, but in a sense a million miles away from life here on Marco Island, is the City of Miami. Officer “TC” Cowait will tell you that Marco is very different from the Miami metropolis where he grew up, and where he spent twenty-five years in Law Enforcement, [...]
A view from my terrace
It is thanks to Internet communication that I write to you from Montmorillon, in the Vienne region of central France. I decided on the spur of the moment to take some time with friends and family in the UK and here in France while Marco is still enjoying the relatively “quieter” time of year, and knowing that I could still do my part in [...]
