Here's a couple of the latest articles from the NaplesNet Blog. Visit that section of the site and read all of the articles here: The Blog
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| Police Beat: July 30, 2010 |
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To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office 239-477-1000 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050.
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| 07/31/2010 04:00 AM |
| Santa Barbara Blvd. extension set to open on Monday |
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Santa Barbara Boulevard in eastern Collier County will be two miles longer Monday when Collier County’s latest “engineering accomplishment” is expected to be substantially complete, a county release said.
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| 07/31/2010 04:00 AM |
| Rick Scott for governor of Florida catches on with out-of-state donors |
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Rick Scott had raised $430,000 in donations as of a week ago. He also made $23.9 million in personal loans to his campaign in the three-month period covered by the report. A rough analysis of Scott’s donor list showed that roughly 30 percent of his donors are from outside of Florida. Compare that to the [...]
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| 07/31/2010 04:00 AM |
| POLL Alligator Alley widening study raised environmental concern about interchanges |
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Environmental opposition to an interchange at Everglades Boulevard goes back decades _ even before Interstate 75 spanned South Florida.
The Florida Department of Transportation’s 1972 environmental review of the plan to build Alligator Alley is among a list of concerns cited by environmental agencies as Collier County pushes its plan for the interchange.
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| 07/31/2010 04:00 AM |
| POLL: Push for new Alligator Alley interchange in Collier brings push-back |
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The tension is building over Collier County’s proposal to build a new Interstate 75 interchange at Everglades Boulevard. Many Golden Gate Estates residents have clamored for the interchange for years as a quicker way to get out of the way of wildfires and floods. But a barrage of environmental concerns from regulatory agencies is slowing [...]
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| 07/31/2010 04:00 AM |
| PHOTOS: Bald eagles on Tract K leads group to push for November referendum |
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Fear for Marco Island’s American Bald Eagles is soaring to new heights. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida and a newly formed political committee want to bring bald eagles under their wings following an announcement in late May that charter high school proponents changed their preferred venue from the Marco YMCA to the property known as [...]
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