Bryan Milk

City Councilor Larry Sacher asked Marco Island's Code Compliance Board to penalize the owners of 387 Edgewater Court to the fullest extent. The board considered a complaint Tuesday on the property's non-compliant driveway/parking area. Sacher spoke on the

Marco Island's Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee discussed final dates at its Tuesday meeting. The last winter concert at Mackle Park is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. The final Farmers Market in Veterans' Park will be held ...

Both the "egg roll" and the "roll away the stone" aspects of Easter brought thousands of Marco Islanders out for large scale get-togethers over the weekend. The Easter Bunny went to bat first, with the annual Spring Jubilee "eggs-travaganza" held ...

Sidestepping another U.S. Constitutional issue, Marco Island's City Council chose not to consider a draft resolution Wednesday. The document urged the Federal government to withhold voting rights for illegal immigrants. It would have denied the right to v

The blueprint for a new building at Mackle Park gave Marco Island City Councilors a lot to chew on Monday. The city's Parks and Recreation Department unveiled a new concept for Mackle Park's community center. Originally, the center adopted in ...

Marco Island’s City Council focuses on big agenda items at meetings, but smaller items often raise public interest. Tuesday’s meeting held some answers to the question: “what’s going on?” Councilor Ken Honecker asked about p

In the aftermath of Connecticut’s school shootings, an inter-local agreement to use tennis courts at Tommie Barfield Elementary may be at risk. A phone message from Michele LaBute to Marco Island City Manager Jim Riviere on Dec. 18 itemized concerns ...

The fiscal year 2013 budget and associated tax millage rates finally worked through the Marco Island City Council on Monday night, after months of departmental presentations, workshops, budget sub-committee sessions and council debates. City Manager Jim Riviere opened the meeting ...

Marco Island’s Planning Board, meeting on Friday morning at the City Council chambers, rejected the idea that the problem of crumbling seawalls on the island can be solved with a quick fix.

All was sweetness and light at the meeting of the Budget Sub-Committee of the Marco Island City Council last week, but City Manager Jim Riviere cautioned that the love-fest can’t be expected to last.

The score Tuesday for saving Tommie Barfield Elementary’s tennis courts was love-nothing. Bryan Milk, Marco Island community affairs director, told the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee the city plans to remove the two courts’ nets, take down city signs and ...

Stacy Needles said she’s heard it from clients. Some breeds at Mackle Park’s Canine Cove have mean streaks. In one incident, a pet dog was bitten and injured by a Rottweiler, she said. Marco Island’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee ...

In recent weeks, a program to educate volunteers as city beach docents received the approval of Jim Riviere, Marco Island’s city manager. The decision was made in conjunction with input from Bryan Milk, community affairs director, and Police Chief Don ...

Marco Island loves its parks, and the many activities that take place in them. If there is a problem in the area of parks and recreation, that’s it – the island’s citizens may be loving the parks to death.

Public comment sparked renewed debate over plans to build a one-story gymnasium, teen center, adult center and welcome area expansion at Mackle Park. Public speaker Joe Rola asked for an update on the new building at the Parks and Recreation ...