SARAH DONOVAN

• PHOTOS: Immokalee farmworkers target Tampa Publix stores in protests Updated 03/05/2011 at 9:27 p.m.

  Almost 1,000 members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and its supporters marched and protested through the streets of downtown Tampa on Saturday and were united by one goal: getting Publix Super Markets, Inc. to “do the right thing.”

• PHOTOS: Haitian community celebrates high school graduates Published 06/11/2010 at 10:13 p.m.

  During the Friday night ceremony — which took place in the First Haitian Baptist Mission located at 14600 U.S. 41 East — prayers were said, words of encouragement and support were shared and loads of advice was given to the ...

• Class of 2010: South Fort Myers graduate a ‘well-rounded’ honors student Published 06/11/2010 at 7:19 p.m.

  Alexandra “Ali” Sanfilippo’s got heart. “She’s probably one of the most caring students I’ve ever met,” said Steve Wilkie, the science department chairman at South Fort Myers High School. “She’s just all-around a good person. I’ve never heard an ill ...

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece speaks about injustice of abortions at Ave Maria Published 06/08/2010 at 9:59 p.m.

  The late civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece is “silent no more.” Dr. Alveda King had two abortions as a young woman and openly regrets them.

• Fun and games: Collier high school outgoing seniors celebrate at Project Graduation Updated 06/06/2010 at 12:28 p.m.

  If a new high school graduate was at the YMCA of the Palms in Naples on Friday night and Saturday morning, their parents need not worry. Their son or daughter was probably just riding a mechanical bull, pounding on a ...

• Class of 2010: Barron senior called ‘an academic’s dream’ student Published 06/03/2010 at 2:33 p.m.

  John White, Barron Collier High School. John is co-salutatorian of his class and will attend Brown University in Rhode Island this fall.

• Class of 2010: Aspiring doctor wants to help heal the world’s wounded Published 06/01/2010 at 5:39 p.m.

  Lina Rivera, a 17-year-old Colombian native, worked hard to get where she is today. Roughly seven years ago, her family fled Colombia and moved to Naples after guerillas threatened to harm them because Lina’s mother, a Colombian doctor, wouldn’t let ...

• PHOTOS: Naples Armed Forces ceremony honors those who died serving U.S. Published 05/15/2010 at 8:45 p.m.

  A formal Armed Forces Day ceremony Saturday at Cambier Park in downtown Naples honored the 41 locals who died serving their country. Armed Forces Day was created in August 1949 to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force days, which ...

• PHOTOS: Collier Sheriff's Office honors fallen deputies Published 05/11/2010 at 12:46 p.m.

  The Collier County Sheriff’s Office held a memorial service Tuesday morning to remember and honor 10 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty since 1928.

• VIDEO/PHOTOS: Oil spill spurs activists to gather signatures on Fort Myers Beach Published 05/08/2010 at 5:55 p.m. 1 Comment

  When June Wiggington of Sebring heard about the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, she said her heart broke. That’s why she didn’t hesitate to say yes when one of eight local Sierra Club volunteers on a packed ...

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