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Vets getting a home in Collier?
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Vets getting a home in Collier?
Veterans complex advocates, fingers crossed, look toward decision before December
By Aisling Swift 
18 October 2024
Collier County is steadily moving ahead with building a more than $122 million, 120-bed veterans hom...
Proposed partnership could improve Marco canals
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CITY COUNCIL
Proposed partnership could improve Marco canals
By Therese McDevitt terry.mcdevitt@naplespress.com 
18 October 2024
In late September, the Marco Island City Council heard a preliminary proposal from Earthwerks Land I...

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Landmark rising
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Landmark rising
Council awards $23.5M to rebuild battered pier stronger, more resilient
By Aisling Swift 
11 October 2024
The 136-year-old Naples Pier will undergo its seventh transformation after City Council unanimously ...
LoCastro cleared, charge dropped
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LoCastro cleared, charge dropped
By Aisling Swift 
4 October 2024
A state prosecutor dismissed a misdemeanor domestic battery charge against Collier County Commission...
Pushing forward
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Pushing forward
Collier Sheriff’s forensics building cost doubles to $68.3 million
By Aisling Swift 
27 September 2024
After approval to more than double the cost to $68.2 million, construction on a Collier County Sheri...
Melissa Blazier wants smooth, safe elections
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SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Melissa Blazier wants smooth, safe elections
But not to run in them herself
By Aisling Swift 
20 September 2024
Collier Supervisor of Elections Melissa Blazier admits she’s an elections administrator, not a polit...
Marco reduces taxes, adds contested bus service
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CITY COUNCIL
Marco reduces taxes, adds contested bus service
Nine residents lined up to oppose the 50-passenger bus pilot program, which has the support of several businesses and restaurants. (Residents) maintained the continual bus service would just bring more visitors to the island by car who would then park in already congested parking lots.
By Aisling Swift 
20 September 2024
A hotly contested pilot program to provide continual bus service on Marco Island during season is se...
Tribal access at stake in Big Cypress
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WILDERNESS DESIGNATION PROPOSAL
Tribal access at stake in Big Cypress
By Kelly J. Farrell 
13 September 2024
Florida’s Indigenous people are again fighting to protect their homeland from a threat involving the...

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Mistake cost him millions?
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Mistake cost him millions?
Naples developer sues architect over error in plans approved by city
By Aisling Swift aisling.swift@naplespress.com 
22 August 2025
After years of lawsuits and bankruptcy litigation, The Nautilus Naples LLC purchased a dozen Bay Clu...
Restaurant replacing The Bevy this fall
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Restaurant replacing The Bevy this fall
By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com 
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Q: What happened to The Bevy? Went there in early June for their “Summer Dining Deals” and the place...
Petology Naples opening soon
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By George Lang 
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For now, Collier passes on talks about moving Naples Airport
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For now, Collier passes on talks about moving Naples Airport
The Naples Airport Authority has spent millions of dollars to reduce noise, including voluntary curfews and working with neighborhoods under flight paths. Its Fly Safe, Fly Quiet program recognizes operators for observing the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, arrival altitudes and noise output.
By Aisling Swift 
6 September 2024
Collier County commissioners have opted not to host a joint workshop with the Naples Airport Authori...
Home becomes a reality for 16 Immokalee families
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Home becomes a reality for 16 Immokalee families
By Therese McDevitt terry.mcdevitt@naplespress.com 
30 August 2024
Dreams of a safe, affordable place to call home are closer to reality for 16 Immokalee families, tha...
DAS closes doors to cats
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DAS closes doors to cats
Battling FPV outbreak, DAS bars felines—to volunteer groups’ dismay
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
30 August 2024
For the first time in memory, the Collier County Domestic Animal Services Division has closed its do...
Honored at last
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Honored at last
World War II veteran’s 100th birthday gift: her Army medals
By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com 
23 August 2024
Florence Weinstein would receive her long-overdue World War II medals Wednesday, Aug. 21, just a wee...
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