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Pavers make the perfect gift, this year, on Capri
Published 12/22/2006 at midnight
Capri residents can give a gift that will keep on giving for many years through the Isles of Capri Civic Association’s Preservation and Enhancement Team’s commemorative brick pavers project. Proceeds from the project go toward maintenance of the community center ...
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Visit 'Angie's Park' on Isles of Capri
Published 12/01/2006 at midnight
Capri resident Angie Wright does such a good job caring for the largest of the Isles' land-bridge parks, that folks have taken to calling it "Angie's Park" Located at the south end of the Isles of Capri near Pelican Street, ...
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Capri asks country to care for 'royalty'
Published 11/17/2006 at midnight
The Isles of Capri is home to royalty in the form of vegetation. More than 150 palm trees, most of which are Cuban royal palms, line the community's entrance along CR 952, also known as Capri Boulevard. Residents say the ...
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Capri boat parade to set sail, Dec. 9
Published 11/10/2006 at midnight
The Isles of Capri Civic Association is gearing up for its third annual Isles of Capri Boat Parade, Dec. 9, to ring in the holiday season “island-style” with fun and festivities. Parade founder and association past president Chuck Walton will ...
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Capri welcomes new pastor of music
Published 10/20/2006 at midnight
Capri Christian Church recently welcomed new music and youth pastor Steven Dawes. Dawes replaces former music and youth pastor Robert Maxwell, who left in April. After sprucing up the office and locating a place for Dawes to live, church members ...
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Do-it-yourselfers clean Capri coastline
Published 09/29/2006 at midnight
Despite not being listed on this year's official Keep Collier Beautiful Coastal Cleanup list, Isles of Capri residents rolled up their sleeves and pant legs, Sept. 16, to remove piles of debris from the local shoreline. After learning about the ...
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Isles of Capri will live forever in song
Published 09/22/2006 at midnight
It isn't at all unusual for a song to be written about a special place — "I left my heart in San Francisco," "I've got Georgia on my mind," and more closer to home, Stan Gober's "Over the bridge... Marco ...
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Businesses spruce up on Isles of Capri
Published 09/15/2006 at midnight
Despite its small size, the Isles of Capri boasts a variety of businesses including real estate, banking, marine, grocery and numerous professional and service industries. It also has its own fire and rescue department, a non-denominational church, motel, and numerous ...
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Delcompares family works together, plays together, stays together
Published 08/25/2006 at midnight
Anything worth doing is worth doing together. That's the motto of Capri residents Giovanni and Anne Marie Delcompare, landscape architects who met while working in Boca Raton. A job-change to Gulf Bay Developers brought the couple to the Isles of ...
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Exotic cat sighting on Isles of Capri
Published 08/18/2006 at midnight
Is the Isles of Capri home to one or more of the endangered Florida panthers? Kent Hedrick, of Marco Realty, was returning to his home on the Isles of Capri from a trip off-island around 7 p.m., Aug. 6, when ...
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