Chokoloskee News

Holiday photos submitted by readers. E-mail this gallery to a friend Willow and Elizabeth Nash meet up with best friend Nicole Nixon, who now lives parttime out of state, at Resident's Beach on the Fourth of July.

Chokoloskee Island At the southern end of Route 29, 3 miles south of Everglades City, 239/695-2414, www.chokoloskee.com Before the invention of air conditioning, and before developers and the Department of Transportation covered the place with concrete and asphalt, South Florida was a mosquito-infested hideout for iconoclasts who wanted little to ...

Art Ullmann is celebrating the first anniversary of his "Then & Now" historic photo gallery at The Plaza on Third Street South in Naples with an expanded exhibit.

PHOTOS/EAGLE i: Marco residents, postal workers stamp out hunger

CHOKOLOSKEE ISLAND, Fla."A foot sticking up in the river near Watson's home started the problem.

It all started with a complaint from one of the contractors Darnell Sims hired to help with a Youthbuild project.

Pensacola's Children's Chorus is ready for "Showtime 2009" this weekend. And they'll be paying tribute to the renovated Saenger Theater with a performance called: "Back Home At The Saenger".... on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30. The chorus is made up of 3-hundred children 8 to 18.

By Naples Daily News staff report Originally published 4:02 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2009 Updated 11:10 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2009 Lou Bishoff Update: 10:45 p.m. A 75-year-old boater who was missing for nearly two days in the waters near Chokoloskee was found alive Thursday night by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.

Governor Charlie Crist is one of about ten thousand state employees who make more than forty-five thousand dollars a year and who will be taking a two percent pay cut.

Get out the candles, frost the birthday cake and prepare to celebrate History Month.

Here is a list of upcoming benefits across Southwest Florida: Health and candle sale The North Naples Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a Health and Candle sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Central Campus, Pace Building, 2157 Pine Ridge Road, Naples.

This area -- in the extreme southwest of mainland Florida -- is known as the Paradise Coast.

Date: March 11, 2009 Contact: Linda Friar , 305-242-7714 Contact: Susan Reece , 239-695-3311 Everglades City, Florida: Join a park ranger guided tour of the striking Turner River Complex Saturday March 28, ...

Bonita Springs Mayor Ben Nelson and his wife, Lori, opened The Survey Cafe this morning in what some believe will be the first small step in the redevelopment of Old U.S. 41.

For nearly twenty years I've been obsessed by Edgar Watson, the Everglades Planter known as "Bloody Watson" and "Emperor Watson" for the 50-odd murders attributed to him by a century of legend and myth.

Even if you have visited the Everglades multiple times, you will see it through fresh eyes if you tour it by kayak with captain Jason Sine.

Originally posted by Scott Dobroski on: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Last updated on: 12/10/2008 7:14:25 AM COLLIER COUNTY: We have learned that Five bridges in Collier County in need of critical repair work.

Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA Recently, a private business owner requested that a resolution be made by the Board of County Commissioners, the intent of which was to help the business owner maintain a ...