Keith Dameron

Talk about a bank expanding its reach

Going into the latest Marco City Council meeting, supporters and creators of the Big Flag Campaign were hopeful that the councilors would approve the no-brainer project, to put a huge U.S. flag in the median where the new Jolley Bridge ...

News from the home community.

When a man became ill at a Marco Island bank earlier this month, Keith Dameron made the obvious call to 911 from an office land line. Instead of a Collier County emergency dispatcher though, the bank's vice president got one ...

Don't wait to sing up for the "Jolley Be Good 5K Run."

Iberia Bank was recognized Oct. 25 by the Collier County Commission with an official proclamation for the bank’s continued efforts to promote waste reduction, reuse, recycling and environmental awareness.

Hormones, or the lack of them, drew a packed house Wednesday evening for the Iberia Bank “In the Round” presentation. The 39th in the long-running series drew what might have been a record crowd, said host Keith Dameron, with 92 ...

It’s amazing what a difference a fortnight can make in the life of what began as an idea and has rocketed to a real life happening. We refer to the Big Flag Campaign, the project to erect a large American ...

Here are letters to the editor from recent editions of the Daily News

Testosterone has something of a wicked reputation, and often gets the blame for crazy stunts perpetrated by boys of all ages. Wednesday evening, Oct. 12, it gets put under the microscope. Iberia Bank’s “In the Round” community forums have covered ...

The Big Flag Campaign has a leader, a long-time Marco Islander and a veteran of more successful community projects than we can count. He’s Dave Rice, whose island good deeds list includes helping start Christmas Island Style and leading the ...

We are just beginning to grasp the size, scope, expense and expanse of the visit of the Traveling Vietnam Wall to Marco Island in December. It’s a daunting project. Here are examples of what’s in store for Islanders and the ...

Angelica Andrews is having a heck of a sale at her tres chic boutique on South Collier Boulevard. She’s doing that because she’s closing the store to spend full-time in real estate.

Now that we are over the shock of Marco not having won that silly travel industry/newspaper contest, we are consoling each other and may take advantage of Keith Dameron’s nice offer. Keith says he would make the lobby of IberiaBank ...

Tracking the “traffic” between Marco Island and Naples is getting interesting. Not vehicular traffic; rather it’s a pattern of cross-pollination of events, projects and people.