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Honoring National Everglades Day
By Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com In honor of the Second Annual National Everglades Day, April 6th, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR) was ready to throw a party....
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Earth Day Photo Contest Winners!
By Nancy Richie To celebrate the 43rd Earth Day (April 22, 2013) and the unique and beautiful flora and fauna of our home, the City of Marco Island and Coastal Breeze News held the 6th Annual City of...
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Book Signing: Janina Stankiewicz Chung
By Jane A. Marlowe Mike Held opened his Keep in Touch shop at The Shops of Marco for author, Janina Stankiewicz Chung on Thursday, April 25 to discuss her book and sign copies for visitors. The author...
View ArticleAwards Coastal Breeze
By Coastal Breeze News Staff Coastal Breeze News is excited to announce it has received four awards of excellence from the Association of Free Community Papers (AFCP). Any paper throughout the United...
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Kids Zone Coloring Contest Winner
Mindy Gordon, Recreation Manager, and Lola Dial, Teen Center Recreation Leader of the Parks and Rec Department, pose with Charlize Noyes, center. Charlize is the first place winner of the Kids Zone...
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How to be a Party Animal, Part Two
DOG & STYLE Tony Wakefield-Jones Tony@mindzoo.com Donna Fiala, Tara O’Neill and Randall Kenneth Jones try in sharing my paparazzi moment. SUBMITTED PHOTOS As my loyal readers already know, I am...
View ArticleFourth Quarter Honor Roll
The fourth quarter honor rolls for the Collier County School District have been released. Coastal Breeze News congratulates the students listed on their achievement! All FCAT and End of Course test...
View ArticleCBN Nabs 8 Awards in 2012
By Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com The results are in, and Coastal Breeze News is a winner! After winning four national awards from the Association of Free Community Papers in March,...
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From Complacency to Passion: Fixing our Future
By Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com “What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is...
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65 Years of Bliss
By Val Simon SUBMITTED PHOTOS Bud and Ruth Lamendola have been married for 65 years, as of July 24th. More than half of their years together have been spent in the same condominium at Tarpon Village on...
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Celebrating 25 Years of Service
By Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com Captain Paul MacMillan holds his award of appreciation with his wife Dana at his side. PHOTOS BY NATALIE STROM It was a silver anniversary celebrated with...
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Goodland Remarks
GOODLAND LIFE Natalie Strom natalie@coastalbreezenews.com PHOTOS BY NATALIE STROM Writing about the village you live in can be very strange, but also quite amazing. Sometimes I have so much to say that...
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Words of Encouragement from MICMS
By Val Simon Sometimes you pass by something so often, you don’t even notice it anymore. So it was with the sign at Marco Island Charter Middle School, until one day, it had an intriguing message. An...
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National Honor Society Induction
By Coastal Breeze News Staff Lely High School held its National Honor Society (NHS) induction ceremony recently in a traditional manner. Principal Leslie Ricciardelli congratulated the students citing...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: A Message of Appreciation
The Marco Island Fire Rescue Foundation would like to send a message of appreciation to our sponsors; Mutual Of Omaha Bank , Coastal Breeze News, Marco Island Florist, Sunshine Tours and Marco Eagle...
View ArticleThe 25th Anniversary of the Joy of Giving
By Coastal Breeze News Staff After 25 years of the Joy of Giving handing out gifts to children in need, Nicki Davis and Misty (Mixon) Sayah are more determined than ever to meet the needs of many...
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Community Gathers for Hope
By Coastal Breeze News Staff With high expectations set for the 2013 Meals of Hope packaging event, Chairman Neil Snyder couldn’t be more proud of the final tally. “We not only raised $35,000, but we...
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MIAAOR Installs 2014 Board
By Coastal Breeze News Staff The 38th Annual Installation Banquet for the Marco Island Area Association of Realtors (MIAAOR) was held at the Island Country Club. Attending the ceremony was Senator...
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Levels of Life
BOOK REMARKS Maggie Gust winetaster13@gmail.com By Julian Barnes 128 pages, Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 In this slender book, Julian Barnes writes three sections/essays: “The Sin of Height,” “On the Level”...
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Web…site unseen
ALL THAT GLITTERS Richard Alan harborgoldsmith@comcast.net Billions and billions of dollars are spent by folks using the internet, and there is no doubt a good percentage of that dough is generated...
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