Archive for January 7th, 2009

Gulf Coast High School location of large yard sale

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The Gulf Coast High School Key Club will host a yard sale/ fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, in the parking lot of the school, 7878 Shark Way.

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Residents ask "why now" for city-run electric

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Resident Don Farmer, a Naples Daily News columnist and former CNN correspondent, led the “In the Round” audience at a forum on electric municipalizaiton when he asked the question “why now?” Why undertake a project as potentially expensive as looking into buying the electric cooperative when people face economic hardship? he asked.

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North Naples man charged with molesting girl

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Investigators from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year-old North Naples man on Tuesday after they say he twice sexually molested a girl, once in September and again in October.

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Six escaped inmates caught

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The six inmates that escaped from the DeSoto County Correctional Facility have been caught. They were outside the prison fence, but did not get very far before being captured.

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New documents released in Melissa Shook’s murder

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The State Attorney’s Office released documents related to the investigation into the death of Melissa Shook, whose body was found in a shallow grave in July 2008.

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Bye bye plastic grocery bags?

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The Bonita Springs City Council is talking about being one of the first communities in the state to limit, or even ban, plastic bags because billions of them end up in landfills each year. But, they will need support from Tallahassee before it happens.

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Deadly holiday season prompts national fire warning

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This past holiday season was one of the deadliest in years when it comes to fires. Now fire officials are asking people nationwide to take just a few seconds and check their smoke detectors.

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Naples vet arrested in Miami during Israeli-Palestinian protest

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A prominent Naples veterinarian, Riadh Atmani, says he would rather mend bones than break them.
But according to Miami police and media reports, the 42-year-old Bonita Springs resident was one of a dozen people arrested Sunday at an Israeli-Palestinian protest in Miami. Police say he hit a police sergeant in the face, breaking his glasses.

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Naples vet arrested in Miami during Israeli-Palestinian protest

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A prominent Naples veterinarian, Riadh Atmani, says he would rather mend bones than break them.
But according to Miami police and media reports, the 42-year-old Bonita Springs resident was one of a dozen people arrested Sunday at an Israeli-Palestinian protest in Miami. Police say he hit a police sergeant in the face, breaking his glasses.

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Bolstering Collier’s economy is subject of meeting Thursday

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How do we, as a community, reinvigorate Collier County’s economy? That will be a large part of the discussion at Thursday’s Collier County Commission workshop with the Economic Development Council.

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Prescribed burn scheduled for Thursday in Golden Gate Estates

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The Florida Division of Forestry plans a prescribed burn in Nancy Payton Preserve in the Golden Gate Estates area, east of Naples, north of Brantley Boulevard and off Blue Sage Drive today, weather conditions permitting.

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Woman injured in overnight crash

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FORT MYERS: A 24-year-old woman was critically injured in a one-car accident early Wednesday morning.

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Conservancy one big step closer to redesigned nature center

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The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is readying the shovels to break ground on a redesigned nature center in Naples. The project cleared a Collier County permitting hurdle Wednesday when the county’s Environmental Advisory Council voted 6-1 to approve the renovation plans.

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Deputies: Teen admits to burglarizing boats

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A teenager is accused of burglarizing nine boats at the Boater’s Warehouse on Laura Street in Charlotte Harbor.

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Collier man charged in apartment burglary

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A 32-year-old Collier County man is accused of stealing valuables from an apartment and then selling them to a pawn shop.

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