Marco Eagle Staff

The 2010 finalists in the Marco Island House Decorating Contest.

Saturday is the last day to vote during Early Voting. The hours for Early Voting are the same at each location — 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Although the Marco Island Library and the Immokalee Library are closed on Saturday, ...

Tommie Barfield Elementary (TBE) is hosting a special cyber-awareness event from 7-8 p.m., on Thursday, October 21, in the school’s cafeteria, located at 101 Kirkwood Street, on Marco Island. The program is in conjunction with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, ...

The Collier County Growth Management Division, in coordination with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), is hosting an alternatives public workshop for the U.S. 41 and S.R./C.R. 951 Intersection Capacity Improvements Project. The workshop will be held on Thursday, Oct. ...

Collier County Parks and Recreation Department’s new Goodland boating park will be temporarily closed for some minor finishing touches starting Wednesday. The boat ramp will reopen on Saturday. During this time, the park and the ship store will remain open. ...

Cathy O'Clarke's Irish Pub will host Craig Weinbaum of the East Naples Fire Control & Rescue District from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Weinbaum will appear as a guest cook, preparing his grilled ahi tuna kabobs with mango salsa recipe ...

The Artist Colony at the Esplanade on Marco Island held its third People’s Choice Art Walk July 28. Loyal patrons of the colony once again enjoyed an evening of food, fun and art. There were colorful interpretations entered in the ...

Marco Islanders returned to school today, along with the rest of Collier County.

Traffic on the Southbound lane of Smokehouse Bay Bridge will be limited to one lane Monday and Tuesday, according to a traffic notice posted on the city’s website. A contractor will be repairing damage to the guardrail caused by a ...

Here’s an opportunity for concerned citizens to learn the facts about our most important founding document. Marco Islander and constitutional scholar Michael Sanchez will conduct a free, four-part program entitled “America: How and Why We Got Here,” that examines the ...

There will be an informal one hour GOOOH meeting, a discussion and Q&A session, starting at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, at Marco Island Presbyterian Church, 875 W. Elkcam Circle. “We know that if we do nothing, 95 percent of the incumbents ...

The Marco Island Fire-Rescue Department was dispatched to McDonalds on Collier Boulevard at 5 p.m., today, according to a press release issued by city Information Services Manager Lisa M. Douglass. Officials believe the blaze was a grease fire. According to ...

The Naples Children & Education Foundation, the organization that founded the Naples Winter Wine Festival, presented grant checks totaling $5.9 million to organizations supporting underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County, including $200,000 to the Marco Island YMCA. Twenty children’s ...

The Art League’s board of directors has been diligently addressing the process to replace outgoing Executive Director Christine Neal. At a special board meeting held to address this issue a decision was made to develop a search committee in an ...

The Marco Police Foundation is pleased to announce the election of William G. Morris as the organizations new president. An active member of the Foundation’s board of directors, his term officially commenced at the March director’s meeting.

The Prudential Foundation and Prudential Financial, Inc., recently provided $407,750 in Prudential CARES volunteer grants to 627 nonprofit organizations worldwide, including one Islander. Mimi Torbush was awarded $1,000 on behalf of her charitable organization The Wishing Well Foundation, Inc. The ...

AAA Auto Club South recently awarded the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort with a 2010 Four Diamond Award designation. According to AAA, Four Diamond Award winners represent “the upper echelon of the hospitality industry” and make up 3.5 percent of ...

Police responded to a report of a disturbance at the Snook Inn. While responding to that call, police were then notified that the disturbance involving four men was now occurring at Jack’s Lookout,

A “Lunch & Learn Series” sponsored by Bedtime Bundles gives the public an opportunity to tour the Marco Island Police Department, 51 Bald Eagle Drive, and meet with the officers.

Suspicious boating activities reported in Marco Island waters.

After police confiscated the loot, they gave a Marco Island man the boot from his apartment, taking him to jail, on Monday afternoon. Numerous phones and a large amount of questionable personal identification documents were confiscated by Marco Island Police ...

A large bear is caught on tape meandering around outside Lee County Electric Cooperative's Belle Meade substation, located on Collier Boulevard in Naples, just north of Marco Island.

A fire broke out at the historic Olde Marco Inn & Suites on Palm Avenue at about 4 a.m. Monday morning. Marco Island Fire Rescue and other nearby departments extinguished the kitchen fire, which caused as much as $75,000 in ...

Following mixed reviews by City Council in February, the City of Marco Island Arts Advisory Committee is meeting at 8 a.m. on Tuesday in the first floor conference room of City Hall, 50 Bald Eagle Dr., to discuss potential revisions ...

Marco’s Community Development Department is presenting the Florida Friendly Landscapes public workshop from 6 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, at Mackle Park, located at 1361 Andalusia Ct.. The courses will inform residents, including gardeners, landscapers and property owners, which species ...

An attempted vehicle break-in at South Seas Condominiums led to

About 2,000 Lee County Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Marco late this morning due to rain storms. Power was restored within about 40 minutes.

Cruz charged with possession of Oxycontin, paraphernalia.

Median work is scheduled along Collier Boulevard on Marco Island beginning Tuesday night.

Thousands of dollars worth of sculptures were stolen from a trailer.

People have long been captivated by Florida’s beauty and abundance of plants and animal life as well as the unique diversity of their natural habitats. Marco's contest will express a visual celebration of all natural species, both animal and plant ...

Lonnie Heckelman, 35, of the 600 block of Auto Ranch Road in Naples. Heckelman was charged with felony battery and taken to jail.

Criminal mischief, tire damage

Among other issues of the week, City Manager Steve Thompson reports a decline in crime rates on Island from 2008 to 2009, according to recently released annual statistics. The decline in theft, given the slump in the economy, is pleasantly ...

Collier County Commissioners agreed to spend $200,000 more on the new Marco Island Historical Museum set to open in February. The decision came during their meeting today after an earlier offer from Marco Island City Council to match up to ...

The 2010 Marco election marks the third attempt by candidate Joe Batte, 68, to vie for an open city council seat. Batte will be at a non-election-related event Tuesday night with the Knights of Columbus at San Marco Catholic Church. ...

Larry Magel, 67, was the first candidate to officially file paper work with the city to become a Marco Island City Council candidate for the 2010 election. He plans to be in Naples during the tallying of election results Tuesday ...

Marco City Councilman Chuck Kiester, 69, eyes a long-term planning initiative for Marco as he vies for reelection among the four candidates seeking three open seats. Kiester plans to be at the Old Bombay Club on Bald Eagle drive awaiting ...

Incumbent Ted Forcht, 49, wasn’t able to hold back the forces that brought the sewer project to Marco, but it didn’t stop him from trying. The self-described “simple country boy” from Kentucky has served on council for nearly four years. ...

Getting back after the holiday break, the Marco Island Charter Middle School teams had varying results. The girls lost, while the boys won. Here are the coaches reports.

Victims Mark and Donna Colwell reported that their teen daughter assaulted them both.

Due to the timing of the mail-in ballots, the cut-off date for letters or commentaries pertaining to city elections, will be Thursday at 5 p.m., for publication in print no later than Sunday.

The Collier County Health Department is encouraging college students and families visiting Naples and Marco Island during the holidays to take the opportunity to get their H1N1, or swine flu, vaccinations, announced Collier County Health Department Spokeswoman Deb Millsap in ...

Who is open, when this holiday season?

Weather is messing with the fun scheduled on Marco Island today. The city's "Movies in the Park" event is moving to a new venue tonight and the Joy of Giving/Marco Marriott Beach Festival is postponed.

Loitering at 7-Eleven leads to arrest of two men on multiple charges

Should children be required to receive the swine flu vaccination?

The count is in and without much ado the ballots to elect the three newest Marco Island Charter Middle School Board members were reviewed Tuesday night at the school by Island attorney and resident Craig Woodward.

'Tis the season for thefts from department stores.

Originally, the new Smokehouse Bay Bridge was estimated to cost between $12 million and $14 million. City Manager Steve Thompson said that estimate is declining by $2 million to $5 million and the final price tag will likely come into ...