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Monday afternoon, the Marco Island City Council chambers were packed with a standing-room-only crowd as the meeting began, largely made up of people who generally do not attend council meetings. The audience was heavy on bluejeans, deep tans and company ...

What is a deacon? The Church Lady ponders the question.

Question: I read your article on Bartonella, and how pets can indirectly give it to you. What other diseases do pets transmit? Are there antibiotics? – S.J., Orlando, Florida Answer: Great question since pet lovers don't connect their illness to ...

Two new books by Marco Island authors couldn't be more different, yet they share some similarities, as well. Tom Williams, with two novels to his credit, has written a non-fiction book, a historical look at the early days of the ...

Operation Migration, which uses ultralight planes to lead endangered whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida for the winter, ran into trouble with the FAA because it pays salaries to pilots. FAA regulations say sport planes — a category that sometimes ...

Right now is probably not the best time to be brought up in front of Marco Island's Code Enforcement Board, if you are a property owner who has failed to make required repairs, or especially if you are a landlord ...

The girls traveled a great distance to get some sewing instruction – and not just in miles. Five young ladies, with their two chaperones, came down from their homes in Athens, Georgia, to the Goodland home of Donna and James ...

Islanders enjoyed the Glory of the Grape, an annual fundraiser for the Marco Island Chamber of Commerce, with samplings from the Pacific Northwest.

Question: Please help me and my daughter. I have hot flashes, what is the best herbal supplement to help with that? Are there any home remedies for UTIs (urinary tract infections), and finally, what can my daughter do for bloating ...

At Friday’s meeting of the Marco Island Planning Board, there were enough city councilors present that it could have been a city council meeting, too. With councilors Larry Honig, Larry Sacher, Ken Honecker and Amadeo Petricca all sitting in the ...

Environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr. said in an interview that environmental concerns do not get enough attention in the conflict over water usage in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, which serve all three states.

The revelations that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records at Verizon Communications and snooping on the digital communications stored by nine major Internet services illustrate how aggressively personal data is being collected and analyzed.

Updates on happenings are Marco Island houses of worship.

The Church Lady writes about the houses of worship on Marco Island.

The Florida Lottery said Gloria C. Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow from Zephyrhills, Fla., has claimed the $590 million Powerball jackpot.