Local Recreation

Proponents of a charter high school on Island are attempting to break new ground as they seek Marco’s Mackle Park as the site of a new campus.

The City of Marco Island Parks and Recreation Department will officially re-open the new Winterberry Field, 11:30 a.m., Saturday.

Three teams from the newly-formed Marco Island Soccer Club competed in the Naples Summer 3v3 Challenge last weekend at the North Collier Sports Park.

It's the field of dreams: build it and they will come, Marco's athletic community has said.

How often do tennis players get sand between their toes?

Marco Island Parks and Recreation and Martial Arts for Wellness have partnered together to bring you daily classes on achieving strength, flexibility, coordination, balance, self-defense, and confidence in one-self.

Island organizations, which frequently host competitive activities, are uniting with the goal of no longer competing with one another. Founders of the Optimists’ Club, an Island athletic organization formed in July 2008, met with Marco YMCA leaders, city parks and ...

The 2009 Love of the Y Tennis Tournament had some tremendous competition.

The Marco Island Parks and Recreation and Italian American Bocce Tournament came and went this past Saturday.

The crowds braved the cold to watch some exciting soccer matches for Week 2 of the Optimist Club of Marco Island Soccer League.

If runners think the Marco 5-Mile Hill Run race was tough, wait until they race in the Marco 2009 Bridge Run on Feb. 15.

The Marco Men’s Senior Softball League opened its season, again with two divisions.

The Marco Island Optimist Basketball League is going full speed with games on Friday nights and Saturday mornings.

Marco Community Bank funds city's tennis program for children.

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only six days away. The days just fly by anymore. When I was a small lad it seemed that Christmas would never get here; but I knew when my birthday would arrive (It’s ...