‘Notes from Capri’ Archives
Capri Christmas
By Coastal Breeze News Staff The Isles of Capri had a jam-packed Christmas season with events and decorating. The annual Christmas party began at 6 PM on December 16th at the community center with a pot luck meal and lots of conversation. It was a time to reconnect with all of those who were returning to the Isles. Ted Decker, president of [...]
Home Safety on Capri
By Joan Kelly We have all heard that most accidents happen at home. So do many crimes happen at the home. On March 30th Connie Ledbetter, Crime Prevention Practitioner, who is also trained in ID theft, told Isles of Capri residents to take control of their safety. “Keep your home safe” is the motto of the Collier Country Sheriff’s [...]
A pleasant surprise
When Val, my most charming publisher, asked me to write about a lawyer who lives on the Isle of Capri, named Jeremiah Eliason, I was, to put it mildly, underwhelmed. Yet, true to Val's uncanny ability to smell a good story, I could not get enough of this young man. “I have always wanted to be a lawyer,” Jeremiah told me. “Even from a [...]
Notes from Capri salutes Veteran Anthony Lamendola
The Greatest Generation includes Anthony "Bud" La Mendola who enlisted in the Navy in 1943 at seventeen years of age. Because of a sense of patriotism, Bud asked his dad if he could join before his eighteenth birthday. Being a kid and never really having been anywhere, Bud was ready for some adventure in his life. He went to Navy boot camp in [...]
Lowe’s and behold boats and yachts
When I sat down with Henry Lowe, owner of Lowe's Boat and Yacht Brokerage, at 278-B Capri Blvd. in Isles of Capri, I was totally mesmerized. Henry has that effect on people. A very good looking man with huge blue eyes and rugged Hemingway-esque features, he looks like a movie star. When you talk to him he draws you in with his big smile and plain [...]
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 [...]
Isles of Capri… Southwest Florida’s best kept secret
When Leland L. (Doc) Loach moved from Dunlop, Tennessee in 1955, he purchased four mangrove islands totaling 600 acres. His dream was to create a hideaway fishing retreat. He built a water processing plant, dredged canals, and built a road to connect to the mainland. Thus the inception of southwest Florida’s best kept secret: Isles of Capri. Our [...]
