Marco Island City Council chose to move forward with noise restrictions while supporting new electronic signs and staff raises during their meeting on Monday night. City Staff Raises Staff …

David Jolly sure sounds like he’s running for governor. The former U.S. congressman spoke to approximately 600 people Saturday morning at a rally on the steps of the Collier County …

In coordination with the American Legion Post 404, the City will host a Memorial Day ceremony on May 26th at 11:00 AM at Veteran’s Community Park. The public is invited to attend to honor the …

As if attempting to take off without a flight plan, the committee created to save Everglades City Airpark is grounded by a lack of county information, members say. Collier County Commissioners …

The death toll could rise depending on the ongoing response to a Florida black bear killing a man and a dog in the rural Collier County town of Jerome on May 5. Pets, livestock, humans, and bears are …

What is an emu and some gray parrots doing on Marco?

A federal judge ruled on Monday that Naples Pride can include drag at Cambier Park this June as part of people’s First Amendment Constitutional rights. The First Amendment protects rights for …

Negotiations over the fate of Tyler Beck Memorial Ballpark at Tommie Barfield Elementary on Marco Island appear to be moving in a positive direction, even though the players involved have changed a …

Digging up the past is getting a lot of attention on Marco Island as archaeologists sift through dirt in Old Marco and developers carve into the earth of Indian Hill.  “Everybody is pretty …

A City Council Special meeting was held on May 5th to hear C-HAWQ’s proposal for an unsolicited public-private partnership with the City of Marco Island for “inshore reuse dredging of the Marco …

Marco Island City Council proclaimed May a month of water safety as they discussed new electricity bill surcharges to help keep the City budget afloat into 2026. Meanwhile, one member of Council …

On April 29, 2025, Marco’s Code Enforcement Magistrate had a full docket of 16 cases presented to Special Magistrate Robert D. Pritt. Representing the City of Marco Island was Attorney Joseph …

Marco’s beach cleanup program has remained a constant in Nathan O’Donnell’s life, despite the conclusion of his term on the city’s Beach and Coastal Resources Advisory Committee.  “I …

Residents throughout Florida, the Gulf States, and the Atlantic seaboard are awaiting the arrival of June 1st, which will mark the official start of the 2025 Hurricane Season. Many seasonal, as well …

The Marco Island City Council held a special meeting on May 5th to hear an  unsolicited proposal from EarthWerks Land Improvement and Development Corporation to  enter into a Public-Private …

Bayshore Drive - the side of town your parents once told you to stay away from - has unarguably transformed into the bohemian art center of Naples. Today, it’s one of the last corners of Collier …

Despite previously taking millions of dollars from the Conservation Collier Trusts, the Collier County Commission moved forward with large conservation land purchases during their meeting on Tuesday, …

I will never forget the first time I saw a glimpse or a flash of the famed indigo bunting. It was foraging underneath a sideyard butterfly bush in full bloom, and this bunting was in bright blue …

On April 17, 2025, during the Hideaway Beach District Monthly Meeting, Marielle Nageon de Lestang of Turrell Hall and Associates presented the 2024 Annual Biological Monitoring Report on the …

The 1971 hit song Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band, laments signs "blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind.” But unlike the song’s protagonist, Bill Odrey, the beleaguered owner of …