• Sign man now calls Marco home Published 05/16/2009 at 1:42 p.m.

  Paul Sellers has always been a happy-go-lucky kind of guy, but found himself in an unsatisfying line of work in Chicago.

• Pirates of paradise Published 04/10/2009 at 4:08 p.m.

  Picture yourself careening through the narrow streets of Boston at speeds sane people wouldn’t begin to imagine in the wee, small hours of a cold, miserable and pitch-black winter morning.

• What’s it all about Charley? Published 03/17/2009 at 7:28 p.m.

  And just in case anyone thought Saturday’s Community Conservation Celebration wasn’t just that, Charley, a 60-pound wolf was in attendance to highlight the theme.

• A night of glitz and glam Published 03/10/2009 at 6:53 p.m.

  And with that, the pARTy of Marco Island’s Center For the Arts Annual Fundraiser got off to a rollicking start Saturday night at the Marco Island Marriott Resort.

• JCMI enjoys envening of comedy, music Published 03/10/2009 at 6:26 p.m.

  Once a neighbor always a neighbor. Never was that more true than in the case of Shirley Posner and Vic Arnell. And that, in a nutshell, is pretty much how Arnell became the co-headliner at Sunday night’s JCMI Sisterhood’s Evening ...

• Marco to celebrate conservation with artists, authors, scientists Published 03/04/2009 at 3:54 p.m.

  There will be wildlife... there will be native Florida fauna... there will be hands-on activities... and, most of all, there will be education and fun. It will all be part of the Community Conservation Celebration March 14. The theme of ...

• Hug a pet ... alligator Published 02/27/2009 at 3:13 p.m.

  If you’ve ever found yourself looking for hugs in all the wrong places, then you’ve obviously never met Mike Sturgill and his two adorable pet hugables — Harvey and Leroy.

• POLL/UPDATE: Private community, Hideaway to open public bathroom Updated 02/23/2009 at 10:53 p.m. 13 Comments

  After months of wrangling, counter wrangling, and counter-counter wrangling, the controversial issue of erecting a permanent public facility on Hideaway Beach grounds, the Hideaway Beach District Board passed a motion on Thursday agreeing to the location and financing of a ...

• Spaghetti ‘Knight’ draws a crowd Published 02/19/2009 at 7:45 p.m.

  If you prepare a tasty and lip-smacking spaghetti dinner, they will come ... and come ... and come.

• Rolling for a cause Published 02/10/2009 at 7:41 p.m.

  It was enough to bring tears to grown men. The gaggle of chrome, the three-inch wide white walls, and rows upon rows of vintage and late-model beauties shimmering in the warm Marco sun left car fanciers and camera toters practically ...

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