Archive for December 4th, 2008

Collier residents eligible for prescription discount card

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A new drug discount card is available to all Collier County residents, courtesy of the county’s Housing and Human Services Department.
The Collier County Prescription Discount Card program does not replace private insurance but does provide discounts on drugs insurance does not cover. The card is available to anyone in the community.

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Guadalupe Center seeks donations

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The Guadalupe Center of Immokalee’s Holiday Gift Shop are in need of donations. Many children in Immokalee could face the holidays without gifts or a holiday meal. With the economy the way it is, director of client services Tricia Yeggy said, they are concerned that even the 1,100 children signed up for its gift shop [...]

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Collier County Police Beat: Dec. 5, 2008

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Deputies chasing jewelry store robbers

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Mayor’s Jewelers in the Bell Tower Shops was robbed and Lee County sheriff’s deputies are now searching for three suspects they say were involved in the robbery.

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POLL: Embattled Marco Island city manager will keep his job

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It once again resembled election season outside Marco Island City Hall this week as citizen Joe Granda handed out buttons saying “Give Steve a chance” and “I support Steve Thompson.” Granda said the buttons were made by “concerned citizens” over the weekend when Marco Islanders heard rumors of an attempted “coup” to oust City [...]

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What are your top stories of 2008? We want to know.

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It was a big year for news in 2008, even if much of it wasn’t good.
The local housing market continued its downward spiral and foreclosures continued to climb.
Elections brought a new sheriff to Collier County and visits from vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.

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Children’s hospital receives $265,000

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The Naples Children and Education Foundation has awarded a 5,000 grant to the Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida to expand its child advocacy program in Collier County.

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738 students to graduate in FGCU’s commencement on Dec. 20

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Florida Gulf Coast University expects to graduate 738 students during fall commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Alico Arena.

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Habitat for Humanity offering jobs to residents

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Habitat for Humanity is extending its already helpful services by giving Habitat homeowners new jobs.

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Deputies, firefighters save driver from canal

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Lee County sheriff’s deputies say Mary Wendorf, 64, had a guardian angel watching over her when she hit a guardrail on Summerlin Road just north of Pine Ridge.

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Cape Coral seeking ’sewage stimulus’

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Count the Cape Coral utility expansion project as the latest looking for a bailout.

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Missing Alzheimer’s patient found

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Fort Myers police officers found an Alzheimer’s patient who had gone missing inside the Edison Mall.

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Riverdale-grad Cody named All-American

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The American Football Coaches Association has selected Riverdale-grad and Alabama junior defensive lineman Terrence Cody as an All-American.

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Student admits to making bomb threat call

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Fort Myers Police have arrested a student after making a false bomb threat.

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Employee caught embezzling more than $120,000

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Punta Gorda police arrested an office manager of an insurance company after she confessed to embezzling more than 0,000 from her employer since August 2007, police reports show.

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