Archive for May, 2010

Coming Up: May 31, 2010

Monday, May 31st, 2010

June 3-6: Jon Lovitz performs at Capt. Brien's Off the Hook Comedy Club on Marco Island.

3 more banks fail in Florida — no Sarasota-area branches

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Published: Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 28, 2010 at 8:12 p.m. Regulators Friday evening shuttered three Florida banks owned by Naples-based Bank of Florida Corp., marking a continuation of a banking crisis that began two and a half years ago.

Lee County narcotics arrests

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The sheriff's office has released its latest list of those arrested on narcotics charges in Lee County.

Attorney assigned to Damas case leaving public defender’s office

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The public defender assigned to Collier County homicides A - including the case of Mesac Damas A - is leaving the agency to open a private practice in Fort Lauderdale.

Class Notes: Volunteers a key cog for schools

Friday, May 28th, 2010

They say "love makes the world go - round," and there's a song like that, but those of us here at the School District of Collier County believe the love for our students expressed by our legion of volunteers makes the world go around - " or at least the world of our students.

Part of lawsuit over teena s beating in Collier juvenile center dismissed

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The case stems from a May 2008 attack on the boy while in the custody of the DJJ at a detention center staffed by Collier deputies.

PHOTOS: Family says disappearance of Naples 34-year-old mother doesn’t add up

Friday, May 28th, 2010

It was Mother's Day, and to celebrate Delly, 34, and her family drove to Cape Coral for an afternoon at the city's Sunsplash Family Waterpark.

Immokalee student’s progress leads to the prom

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A lot has changed since a tragic trailer fire killed almost an entire family and left then-16-year-old Wilder Vasquez so badly burned in March 2007 that it took weeks for family members to identify him.

Benefits: May 27, 2010

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

The St. Ann Council Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a three-night cruise to the Bahamas on Jan.

Class of 2010: Immokalee senior tutors, helps other students learn

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Editor's note: This is one of a series of stories about top members of the Class of 2010 in area schools.