Guest Columns

Let he who is not poorer in real estate valuation than he was five years ago cast the first stone in rebuttal. Marco Island has lost approximately 50 percent of its property value since the last real estate price peak.

An ancient burial chamber was found late last Wednesday under the southern end of the new Marco Island Bridge. A routine test piling was drilled and filled with concrete during the construction of the new causeway and after the six ...

At the Monday Council Meeting, held Oct. 17, Community Forum section, I made a presentation concerning the Wastewater and Water Assessments on Undeveloped Properties (vacant lots). I requested that the Agenda Item 2(B) from the Aug. 15, council meeting, which ...

We, the voters of Marco Island have an opportunity to have our voices heard. By voter referendum the citizens can compel that the City abide by our wishes. Our city officials are elected based on promises they make to us ...

The Marco Island Civic Association has surveyed its membership on an annual basis for at least the past 30 years. Great thought goes into preparing the survey questions. Way back when, some claimed that some of the questions were biased ...

In order to make prudent decisions, sometimes you have to look beyond today, sometimes beyond tomorrow, and sometimes, outside of your immediate circle of impact. The last of those is often the hardest to do. On a national level, this ...

Like many Americans, my emotions were mixed as I listened to President Obama’s speech on June 22. I was pleased that the withdrawal has begun, although the number seems a bit meager. And, like many Americans I too, question the ...

The previous plan of our City Council was for the new Mackle Park Community Building to go to referendum, as reflected in the fiscal year 2011 capital budget (currently posted on the city’s website). Somehow, the sentiment of the majority ...

On Monday, Dave Rice set off a firestorm of email responses after he sent out a photograph showing U.S. flags piled up on the ground, presumably removed so that landscapers could navigate the medians.

Devastating pain from the wound in his abdomen sent ribbons of searing ache through his body, as this young Marine corporal was lifted gently onto the cot aboard the evacuation C-17 Air Force Medivac plane at Balad Air Base in ...

The private and public sectors of our economy have had a relatively easy ride the last three decades, although it is difficult to imagine when one looks at the current state of our economy: The vast number of unemployed, the ...

I’m sure that most of us during our lifetime have questioned our future course of action by reiterating to ourselves one of Shakespeare’s most universal lines, “To be or not to be that is the question.” Lately this question seems ...

As the Gulf of Mexico water temperatures warm up, the protected Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) will soon return to the Marco Island beaches. Living year round in the open and near shore waters to feed and rest, the adult ...

In November, the Marco Island City Council voted to spend $50,000 to complete a water and sewer rate study to obtain the impartial facts relating to the usage of water and sewer by customer type, i.e. single family, condominium multi-metered, ...

The Marco Eagle Sanctuary Foundation (MESF) is celebrating their first annual “Nest Fest on from 4:30 to 7 p.m., May 1, at Marco Island’s Art League Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Drive. This wine and hors d’oeuvres fundraising event ...