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Everglades City Railroad Depot owner gets more time for roof repair
Bill Odrey is getting more time, at least from Collier County, to repair the roof on the old Everglades City Railroad Depot. Odrey, who bought the building at 102 Collier Ave. in 2014 under the business name Everglades Adventure Center LLC, had a roofing permit that was set to expire at the...
Collier Planning Commission recommends denial of Fiddler’s Creek expansion
Collier County Planning Commission recommended denying approval of 750 luxury apartments, including 225 affordable housing units, in a recreation and conservation area at Fiddler’s Creek in East Naples. The recommendation will head to the Board of County Commissioners for a hearing in October. After three often contentious public hearings...
Naples in pictures: Best news, sports, arts, dining photos from Southwest Florida
Our professional photojournalists are there to bring you photos and videos of the places and events you just couldn't get to, but still want to see. Each week, we add new photos that show Naples news, sports, arts and culture — our daily life in Collier County, Florida. ...
Following Great Wolf Lodge construction, more restaurants, lodging headed to its doorstep
Editor's note: This is the latest in a series on one of the most significant endeavors in local history that's drawing plenty of questions from you ahead of its September debut. One of Collier County's biggest private workplaces, Great Wolf Lodge is slated to draw by itself the same number of visitors in a year that all of Collier in its entirety attracts in nearly three months time. The retreat and water park is rising off I-75 and Collier Boulevard, also known...
Collier school board candidate's newsletter targeted two moms. Now, they want answers
Two Naples mothers had an all but normal start to a recent week when their advocacy work was thrust into the spotlight as the subject of a school board candidate's political campaign against her opponent. "I woke up to a message from a friend letting me know that I had...
Florida Gov. DeSantis Makes Judicial Appointments In Alachua And Collier Counties
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced two judicial appointments on Monday in Alachua and Collier counties. Adam Lee, of Gainesville, to serve as Judge on the Alachua County Court. Lee is a Managing Member at Adam Lee Law PLLC. He has worked at the firm since 2016. He earned both his...
New manager in charge of Collier County’s three public airports, including Marco
Meet Bryant Garrett. He’s in charge of Collier County’s three public airports: Marco Island Executive Airport, Immokalee Regional Airport and Everglades Airpark. Together, the airports are estimated to have an annual economic impact of more than $300 million. He’s new to Collier County but not to Florida, and...
Jobless rates edge up in Southwest Florida with shift to slower season
Unemployment edged up across Southwest Florida in June. It's typical, with the usual downward shift to the slower season. In four of five counties in the region, jobless rates rose by a few tenths of a percentage point over the year, according to a monthly report released Friday by FloridaCommerce.
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