Posts Tagged ‘Marco Island’
A MOTHER’S LEGACY: Gone, but never forgotten
By Roy Eaton Every year thousands of guests and visitors cross the bridge to Marco Island and fall in love with the island’s small town charm, intricate canal system, and beautiful beaches. Many return to vacation each year, while others decide to stay or return and make it their home. For some it is a predetermined path to paradise, while [...]
Are you smarter than a Stone Crab?
By Val Simon val@coastalbreezenews.com Fortunately, there wasn’t a quiz at the end of the “Are you smarter than a stone crab?” program. The educational program was fun, informative and tasty too, thanks to Rookery Bay, the local Sea Grant Extension agent-Bryan Fluech and Grimm’s Stone Crab Company. The program offered an [...]
Wonders of the Frond Zoo
By Monte Lazarus Bengoshi@comcast.net Twenty years ago Heidi Saletko and her husband were clearing palm fronds from their yard for recycling. Heidi is an artist; her husband was clearly very perceptive. He suggested using the fronds for her painting. Voila! The Frond Zoo was born. Heidi began using parts of five types of fronds to create [...]
COASTAL COMMENTS
Donna Fiala donnafiala@gmail.com It’s exciting to see all the delightful events we all enjoy each season presenting themselves once again this year,and we’re blessed with gorgeous weather, as well! One such event which was introduced last year for the first time is the Bayshore Festival of the Arts, a two day event held at Sugden [...]
Turn of Mind
BOOK REMARKS Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: Alice LaPlante. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press 2011. If you are a regular reader of Book Remarks you probably have noticed that you often don’t know what the book I am reviewing is about until close to the end of the column. I tend to chat a bit about various [...]
Collier County’s Emergency Services Operations
By Coastal Breeze News Staff County Commissioner Donna Fiala, who represents Marco Island and East Naples, was host for a group of nine residents who toured the state-of-the-art Emergency Services Center in Naples on January 17th. Thanks to Commissioner Fiala the group had an inside look at the facility and how emergency services are [...]
Jewish Congregation of Marco Island Celebrates 30th Anniversary
By Jane Marlowe janem@coastalbreezenews.com The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a Gala Dinner Dance on February 18, 2012 at the Marco Island Marriott Resort. Marjorie Seltzer and Elena Rosner Fink, founders of the congregation, will be honored at the event along with the founding members who [...]
The Clemmons family takes a holiday
By Jane Marlowe janem@coastalbreezenews.com The Marco Island Marriott Resort hosted a very special lady and her two daughters for a long week-end of relaxation and star treatment from January 12- 15. Their names will not be found on a list of celebrities, or among a roster of CEO’s from Fortune 500 companies. However, Chiquita [...]
Everglades City ready for festival
By Coastal Breeze News Staff Historic Everglades City is buzzing as residents get ready for the popular Seafood Festival on the weekend of February 4/5. The normally laid-back town is humming with preparations – carnival rides waiting to set up, porta-potties in a vacant lot, traffic barriers at the side of the streets, and tents going up [...]
Center for the Arts creates and collaborates
By Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com The Marco Island Center for the Arts, Home of the Art League is hosting a number of upcoming events that are not to be missed. In the coming weeks, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization will be collaborating with different local organizations for some fun-filled fundraising [...]
