Marco Island News

With our hospital located in the heart of East Naples and our walk-in clinic on Marco Island, it is safe to say that Physicians Regional Healthcare System takes the needs of our local patient population very seriously.

The Sarasota-based Boaters' Coalition announced its official opposition to dredging Big Pass in a Saturday email to the County Commission, widening the mounting resistance to the Army Corps of Engineers project beyond Siesta Key-based groups for the first time.

On Sunday, March 16, the Marco Eagle Sanctuary Foundation will host the 4th annual Nest Fest at the Island Country Club, featuring the top-notch seven piece band Sound Check.

The former General Manager of city-owned Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers is suing the city over her firing.

A Marco Island woman was arrested two days after her release from a detox facility, accused of driving under the influence.

These cars parked in the alley that runs behind Joey's Pizza & Pasta House and other restaurants became a topic to be discussed during Marco Island's Planning Board meeting on Friday.

In January, the Board of Collier County Commissioners voted to better response times for emergency services.

Joe Irvin is headed home. Marco Island's Interim Director of Community Affairs has accepted the position of special projects manager for the city of Sequim in his home state of Washington.

City Councilor Larry Honig is the second member of the Marco Island City Council to open up the lines of communication with the community.

Lely High School's Trojan Marching Band gets their green on. Marco Island's St. Patrick's parade marched up Bald Eagle Drive Sunday afternoon, with floats, bands, and green everywhere.

A Former Collier County deputy accused of molesting a teenage boy in 2010 will not serve jail time for the allegations.

Crews are out on the gulf preparing to pull a sunken yacht out of the water after it caught fire last week a few mile south of Sanibel Island.

A Marco Island police officer who was fired for misconduct in 2010 then reinstated in 2011 is on the chopping block again.

Southbound traffic is being routed off I-75 onto SR78 where drivers can proceed east to SR31 then south to SR80 and then west back to I-75.

Submitted The Washington model by D.R. Horton is now open for viewing in the village of Chiasso at Fiddler's Creek.

On Saturday, March 1, Friends of Tigertail hosted its annual "Discover Tigertail Beach" event.

It was a day of discovery. It was a day of celebration. It was a day of bonding.

After sitting through the first three hours of the March 3 Marco Island City Council meeting, many in the audience were relieved the one agenda item they came to hear about - the referendum for the Mackle Park Community Center project - was on deck.

A Marco Island police officer who was fired for misconduct in 2010 then reinstated in 2011 is on the chopping block again.

The incident occurred sometime between 2/16/2014 and 2/22/2014. The case has been forwarded to detectives for further investigation.