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Full gallery »Pedestrian dies from injuries in hit-and-run accident

  • Kristen Murphy's daughter, 19-year-old Chelsey Murphy, died from injuries she received March 9 as one of two pedestrians involved in a hit-and-run accident on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. David Albers/Staff
  • Kristen Murphy and her son, Tyler, are preparing two funerals for her daughter 19-year-old Chelsey Murphy, who died from injuries she received March 9 as one of two pedestrians involved in a hit-and-run accident on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. David Albers/Staff
  • Chelsey Murphy, 19, was killed from injuries she received March 9 when she was one of two pedestrians hit on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. Photo provided by the Murphy family.
  • Chelsey Murphy, 19, was killed from injuries she received March 9 when she was one of two pedestrians hit on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. Photo provided by the Murphy family.
  • Chelsey Murphy, 19, was killed from injuries she received March 9 when she was one of two pedestrians hit on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. Photo provided by the Murphy family.
  • Chelsey Murphy, 19, was killed from injuries she received March 9 when she was one of two pedestrians hit on U.S. 41 near the Airport Pulling Road intersection. Photo provided by the Murphy family.


Full gallery »Seal hunting protest on U.S. 41

  • Cristina Lago, 18, stands in the median of U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff
  • Robert Sanford, 18, shouts at passing cars on U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff
  • Cristina Lago, 18, stands in the median of U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff
  • Fifteen-year-olds Katie Sanford and Ashley Todd shout at passing cars on U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann Catholic High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff
  • Cristina Lago, 18, stands in the median of U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff
  • Cristina Lago, 18, left, and Jackie Delgado, 17, stand in the median of U.S. 41 while protesting the Canadian seal hunt on Monday, March 15, 2010, in Naples. Five St. John Neumann High School students observed the International Day of Protest against the Canadian Seal Hunt by protesting on U.S. 41 for an hour during a day off from school. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »A special birth

  • Kelle Hampton gets a kiss from her husband, Brett, not long before giving birth to her second daughter on Jan. 22, 2010. The Naples family had everything planned for a perfect pregnancy, only to find out that their baby would be more special than they realized. Photo by Heidi Darwish
  • Nella Cordelia Hampton moments after being born on Jan. 22, 2010. Her birth was not unexpected, but she definitely caught the family off guard. Photo by Kelle Hampton


Full gallery »Parkinson's disease advocates recognized

  • Naples residents Michael Church and Gretchen Garie-Church were recognized in February with the Louis Fishman Award for their local and national advocacy for the awareness and research of Parkinson's disease. The married couple both have the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system and are the Florida coordinators for the Parkinson's Action Network. David Albers/Staff
  • Naples residents Michael Church and Gretchen Garie-Church were recognized in February with the Louis Fishman Award for their local and national advocacy for the awareness and research of Parkinson's disease. The married couple both have the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system and are the Florida coordinators for the Parkinson's Action Network. David Albers/Staff
  • Michael Church wears a Parkinson's disease awareness bracelet advocating awareness and research of the disease David Albers/Staff

Naples residents Michael Church and Gretchen Garie-Church were recognized in February with the Louis Fishman Award for their local and national advocacy for the awareness and research of Parkinson's disease. The married couple both have the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system and are the Florida coordinators for the Parkinson's Action Network.



Full gallery »Woman speaks about dog attack on horses

  • Penny Packard of Golden Gate, works with her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Three puncture wounds show on the rear leg of Penny Packard's horse Mariah, 9, of Golden Gate, outside her stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Penny Packard of Golden Gate, works with her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Penny Packard of Golden Gate, dresses the wounds of her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Penny Packard of Golden Gate, works with her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Penny Packard of Golden Gate, works with her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs. Greg Kahn/Staff

Penny Packard of Golden Gate, works with her horse Mariah, 9, a Missouri fox trotter, in the stable on March, 12, 2010. Packard was riding alongside of Kayla Thorn and her horse, Dancer, on Tuesday when they were attacked by an American bulldog and a boxer which injured Mariah, and killed Dancer, according to a police report. Packard believes Dancer died from having an artery severed in the horse's nose, although the police report says the only injuries were to the horses legs.



Full gallery »Guadalupe Center soup kitchen

  • Head cook Eva Robles collects tickets for the 11:30 a.m. seating at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • A line forms for the 11:30 a.m. seating at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Florida State University medical student Erin Bascom, of Tallahassee, checks the blood pressure of farrm worker Santos Ramirez, 49, at a clinic near the soup kitchen at the Guadalupe Center on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. As part of a cross-cultural medicine spring break program, students and faculty members made a stop at the soup kitchen because of the influx of workers seeking meals there. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • A line forms for the 12:30 p.m. seating at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Farm workers swell the number of people seeking a meal at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Adan Gonsales, 32, of Oxaca, Mexico, has lunch at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. Gonsales said he has had difficulty finding work in the fields that brought him to Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »Feeding farmworkers

  • Head cook Eva Robles looks to fill one remaining seat at a 1:30 p.m. seating at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Augustine Diaz, 51, has his blood pressure checked at a clinic setup by Florida State University medical students and faculty near the soup kitchen line at the Guadalupe Center on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Head cook Eva Robles prepares for the 1:00 p.m. seating at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Florida State University medical student Kristina Seeger, 23, checks the blood pressure of 71-year-old Immokalee resident James Oliver at a clinic near the soup kitchen at the Guadalupe Center on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. As part of a cross cultural medicine spring break program, students and faculty members made a stop at the soup kitchen because of the influx of workers seeking meals. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourth-year medical student Nicole McCoy, 25, of Tallahassee, offers a second bowl of soup while volunteering at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff
  • Adan Gonsales, 32, of Oxaca, Mexico, has lunch at the Guadalupe Center's soup kitchen on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Immokalee. Gonsales said he has had difficulty finding work in the fields that brought him to Immokalee. The soup kitchen is now feeding over twice as many people each day as local farm workers struggle to find work after recent freezes crippled the tomato industry. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »9-foot python found on Marco Island

  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission hold a nine-foot three-inch python that was found in the yard of a Marco Island resident on Thursday, March 11, 2010. This is the first report of a python on Marco Island officials say, but according to FWC Cpt. Jayson Horadam, they have found three in the last two weeks in the surrounding areas, including Rookery Bay. 'This is just the tip of the iceberg,' Horadam said. An estimated more than 100,000 pythons are spread throughout the area into the Everglades. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officer Marc Shea, center, measures a nine-foot three-inch python that was found in the yard of a Marco Island resident on Thursday, March 11, 2010. This is the first report of a python on Marco Island officials say, but according to FWC Cpt. Jayson Horadam, they have found three in the last two weeks in the surrounding areas, including Rookery Bay. 'This is just the tip of the iceberg,' Horadam said. An estimated more than 100,000 pythons are spread throughout the area into the Everglades. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Cpt. Jayson Horadam, center, and officer Marc Shea, left, measure a nine-foot three-inch python that was found in the yard of a Marco Island resident on Thursday, March 11, 2010. This is the first report of a python on Marco Island officials say, but according to Horadam, they have found three in the last two weeks in the surrounding areas, including Rookery Bay. 'This is just the tip of the iceberg,' Horadam said. An estimated more than 100,000 pythons are spread throughout the area into the Everglades. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Cpt. Jayson Horadam, center, stands on a noose holding a nine-foot three-inch python that was found in the yard of a Marco Island resident on Thursday, March 11, 2010. This is the first report of a python on Marco Island officials say, but according to Horadam, they have found three in the last two weeks in the surrounding areas, including Rookery Bay. 'This is just the tip of the iceberg,' Horadam said. An estimated more than 100,000 pythons are spread throughout the area into the Everglades. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • A 9-foot Burmese Python was discovered on Marco Island at 831 Buttonwood Court on Thursday, March 11, 2010. The exotic snake was captured by officials with Florida Wildlife Comission and taken back to the FWC facility on Shell Island Road. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • An FWC officer, who works undercover and requested anonymity, nooses the mean end of the python discovered by landscapers near a Marco Island home's lanai on Thursday.

Landscapers discover a 9-foot python under a Marco home's pool lanai on Thursday and call FWC, Marco police for help.



Full gallery »Vinny Angiolillo wins and loses in small claims court

  • Collier County Judge Vince Murphy gives his verdict to Vinny Angiolillo, below, former candidate for Collier County Sheriff, after a three-day trial in small claims court on March,10, 2010. Angiolillo was accused of not paying more than $4,000 in lawyer fees by his former attorneys Domenic Lucarelli and Karen Beavin. Angiolillo was ordered to pay more than $2,200 plus interest for legal fees. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • After finishing his cross examination of the prosecution's office manager, Teena Ley, left, Vinny Angiolillo, right, former candidate for Collier County Sheriff, right, takes his seat during the final session of the three-day trial in small claims court on March,10, 2010. Angiolillo was accused of not paying more than $4,000 in lawyer fees by his former attorneys Domenic Lucarelli and Karen Beavin. Angiolillo was ordered to pay more than $2,200 plus interest for legal fees. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Vinny Angiolillo, right, former candidate for Collier County Sheriff, right, questions his former attorney Domenic Lucarelli, left, during the final session of the three-day trial in small claims court on March,10, 2010. Angiolillo was accused of not paying more than $4,000 in lawyer fees by his former attorneys Domenic Lucarelli and Karen Beavin. Angiolillo was ordered to pay more than $2,200 plus interest for legal fees. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Karen Beavin, right, cross examines Vinny Angiolillo, right, former candidate for Collier County Sheriff, during the final session of the three-day trial in small claims court on March,10, 2010. Angiolillo was accused of not paying more than $4,000 in lawyer fees by his former attorneys Domenic Lucarelli and Karen Beavin. Angiolillo was ordered to pay more than $2,200 plus interest for legal fees. Greg Kahn/Staff

Vinny Angiolillo, right, former candidate for Collier County Sheriff, during the final session of the three-day trial in small claims court on March,10, 2010. Angiolillo was accused of not paying more than $4,000 in lawyer fees by his former attorneys Domenic Lucarelli and Karen Beavin. Angiolillo was ordered to pay more than $2,200 plus interest for legal fees.



Full gallery »Naples woman a finalist in online modeling contest

  • Susan Watts, a 43-year-old Naples resident, is one of four finalists in an online voting contest to be the official 2010 model and 'face' for e.l.f., a New York-based cosmetic company. Photo by Bradford Cox
  • Susan Watts, a 43-year-old Naples resident, is one of four finalists in an online voting contest to be the official 2010 model and 'face' for e.l.f., a New York-based cosmetic company. Photo by Scott Teitler


Full gallery »Romney book signing in Naples

  • Gov. Mitt Romney is greeted by supporters during a book signing for his book 'No Apology' at Barnes & Noble in North Naples on March 9, 2010. About 1,000 supporters showed up to have their copy of his book autographed by the former Republican presidential candidate. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Gov. Mitt Romney is greeted by supporters during a book signing for his book 'No Apology' at Barnes & Noble in North Naples on March 9, 2010. About 1,000 supporters showed up to have their copy of his book autographed by the former Republican presidential candidate. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Hundreds came to see Gov. Mitt Romney at Barnes and Noble at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41.
  • A crowd waits for autographs from former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney who made an appearance at the Naples Barne's & Noble Tuesday evening. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • A crowd waits for former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney to arrive at the Naples Barne's & Noble Tuesday evening. Matt Clark/Staff
  • At least 100 have shown up to see Gov. Mitt Romney at Barnes and Noble at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41.


Full gallery »Rumba Latina festival at Dog Track

  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival held Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez
  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez
  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival held Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez
  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez
  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez
  • Rumba Latina, the Latin festival held Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food from Latin American countries. Photo by John Fernandez

Rumba Latina, the Latin festival held Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Fort Myers Naples Greyhound Track in Bonita Springs, included live music, a modeling contest, and plenty of authentic Hispanic food.



Full gallery »Strawberry Festival

  • Arrianna Andersen, 6, and Alexis Andersen, 7, both of Naples, enjoy the carnival rides at the 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival on March 7 at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples.
  • The 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival was held March 7 at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples. There were rides, games and strawberry deserts. On Saturday and Sunday they held the Indie Festival with concerts from local bands.
  • The 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival was held March 7 at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples. There were rides, games and strawberry deserts. On Saturday and Sunday they held the Indie Festival with concerts from local bands.
  • The Skeeterland Band takes the stage at the Indie Festival as part of the 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival on March 7.
  • Anna Buonocore, 4, of Naples takes a spin on a carnival ride at the 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival.
  • Mike Garone of Naples tries to hit the bucket as Mitch Williams watches at the 'Tubs of Fun' game. A portion of the proceeds goes to Grace Place for Children and Families.

The 2010 Naples Strawberry Festival was held March 7 at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples.



Full gallery »Two Step Stop

  • Gary Klop, co-owner of the Two Step Stop, a Western Wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, stands at the counter on Friday, March 5, 2010, as his wife, Carolyn Kiop, not pictured, tends to a customer. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski
  • Belt buckles inside the front counter at the Two Step Stop, a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, stand outside the store front on Friday, March 5, 2010. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski
  • Gary Klop, left, and Carolyn Klop, owners of the Two Step Stop, a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, stand in the store front on Friday, March 5, 2010. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski
  • The Two Step Stop, a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, stand outside the store front on Friday, March 5, 2010. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski
  • Gary and Carolyn Klop, owners of the Two Step Stop, a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, stand outside the store front on Friday, March 5, 2010. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski
  • Mike Evans, left, of Naples, chats with Carolyn Klop, center, and Gary Klop, right, owners of the Two Step Stop, a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road, on Friday, March 5, 2010. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County. Photo by Tristan Spinski

The Two Step Stop is a western wear store located in Naples on Airport Pulling Road. For over 18 years, Two Step Stop has been a one-stop shopping destination for western wear in Collier County.



Full gallery »Irish fest at Ave Maria

  • Jim and Ann Longon talks with friends as an Irish flag is posted on their golf cart next to the Oratory at Ave Maria University during Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Kealan Vasquez, 10, battles J.P. Beane, 9, right, in the inflatable jousting ring next to the Oratory at Ave Maria University during Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Classmates watch as Luke Scheck, 14, left and Joey DeLiso, 14, right, fall off their stands in the inflatable jousting ring next to the Oratory at Ave Maria University during Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Luke Scheck, 14, left battles Joey DeLiso, 14, right, in the inflatable jousting ring next to the Oratory at Ave Maria University during Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Kerry Mehl, left, and Lill Bouton, center, watch Mehl's daughter Olivia, 3, right , climb the steps to the inflatable ladder inside the bounce house next to the Oratory at Ave Maria University during the Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Doris Heath watches a performance by children on the steps of the Oratory at Ave Maria University during the Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff

Scenes during Wearing of the Green, an Irish food and drink festival in the Town Center on March 6, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff



Full gallery »Fort Myers Prostitution Arrests

  • Amanda Bryant, 26, of Fort Myers, Florida, was charged with: offering to engage in prostitution.
  • Ashley Bowden, 20, of Fort Myers, Florida, was charged with: offering to engage in prostitution, and VOP warrant.
  • Katherine Marle, 25, of Fort Myers, Florida, was charged with: offering to engage in prostitution.
  • Christi Raihl, 29, of Fort Myers, Florida, was charged with: offering to engage in prostitution.
  • Bryan Duffy, 56, of Bonita Springs, Florida, was charged with: solicitation for prostitution.
  • David Emory, 59, of North Fort Myers, Florida, was charged with: solicitation for prostitution.

The Fort Myers Police Department conducted a Prostitution/John’s Operation in the area of Cleveland Avenue & Linhart Avenue. Twenty people were arrested for prostitution and solicitation for prostitution. NOTE: No mug shots available for Randall Heid, Jose Simon, Jorge Nopal-Ibarra and Nily Bonnet.



Full gallery »FCAT preparations

  • Manatee Elementary School fifth-grader Rebecca Calixte, smiles after answering the winning question in the school's science bee inside the cafeteria on Feb. 26, 2010. Manatee had the competition to prepare the students for the science portion of the FCAT exam which they will be starting on March 9. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Manatee Elementary School teacher assistant Dreana Ayers, right, gives fifth-grader Rebecca Calixte, center, a hug after she won the school's science bee inside the cafeteria on Feb. 26, 2010. Manatee had the competition to prepare the students for the science portion of the FCAT exam which they will be starting on March 9. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Manatee Elementary School fifth-grader Abraham Rosales, right, turns to go to the back of the line after answering a question correctly during the school's science bee in the cafeteria on Feb. 26, 2010. Manatee had the competition to prepare the students for the science portion of the FCAT exam which they will be starting on March 9. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Fifth-grade students at Manatee Elementary School stand in line looking back at their classmates before the start of the school's science bee in the cafeteria on Feb. 26, 2010. Manatee had the competition to prepare the students for the science portion of the FCAT exam which they will be starting on March 9. Greg Kahn/Staff


Full gallery »Quest For Kids college preparatory session

  • Fabienne Auguste, left, and Alexus Strong, right, work on their laptops during a recent Quest For Kids college preparatory session.
  • Sandy Oswald, Quest for Kids staff person, assists student Oliver Cuevas. Oliver is one of 18 students participating in the after-school Quest For Kids college preparatory program.
  • Shauni Lynch studies during a recent after-school college preparatory program. Shauni is one of 18 students participating in the Quest For Kids program.
  • Shauni Lynch studies during a recent after-school college preparatory program. Shauni is one of 18 students participating in the Quest For Kids program.
  • From left, Josie Prior, Fabienne Auguste, Rebecca Datus, and Angellica Martinez chat while they check out their laptops. The students are participating in an after-school Quest For Kids college preparatory session.
  • From left, Luisa Bravo, Katherine Lopera, Natalia Guarnizo and Aaron Harris work on their laptops during an after-school Quest For Kids college preparatory session.


Full gallery »Calusa Park Elementary School garden

  • Calusa Elementary School kindergarten students (L-R) Kieran Luers, 5, Blake Buckley, 6, and Tyler Ott, 6, are planting seeds in their schools raised bed garden. John Plug, Founder of Fruit Grow, has helped the school establish a garden to help educate the students on how and where their food comes from. Once each vegetable or fruit is ready for harvest the food is part of the students’ school lunch.
  • Anne Dorvilus, 8, is learning how to plant Sorrel in a raised garden bed with her second grade teacher Megan Dotres. Students at Calusa Elementary School are adding to their already established garden. Once the salad is ready for harvest the students will be able eat what they grew.
  • Fifth grade student Kyla Brown, 10, is planting lettuce with her classmates in their raised be garden. The lettuce will be ready for harvest in six weeks.
  • Students at Calusa Elementary School are taking part in expanding their garden by planting vegetables.
  • Fifth grade student Kyla Brown, 10, is planting lettuce with her classmates.
  • Jolly Crickets located at 720 5th Ave., South in Naples.

Calusa Park Elementary School’s garden is such a big hit, it is growing. The school and its students will be expanding the garden to grow more fruits and vegetables for student lessons and consumption.



Full gallery »The Beast of Broadway - TheatreZone

  • When famed cartoonist Al Hirschfeld drew a particularly unflattering caricature of Broadway producer David Merrick as a Grinch-like Santa Claus, Mr. Merrick reproduced it on his annual Christmas card, recalls TheatreZone's founding artistic director Mark Danni. Actor David Garrison portrays Merrick in TheatreZone’s world premiere of 'The Beast of Broadway,' a one-character play about David Merrick.
  • Actor David Garrison is coming to TheatreZone’s world premiere of 'The Beast of Broadway,' a one-character play about prolific Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer David Merrick. Photo courtesy TheaterZone
  • David Garrison's rehearses with Mark Danni for the one-man show 'Beast of Broadway.' Submitted photo
  • Tony-nominated actor David Garrison takes the stage in his one-man show about legendary Broadway producer David Merrick. The world premiere of 'The Beast of Broadway,' brought to you by TheatreZone, at the G&L Theatre on the campus of The Community School of Naples. <em>Photo courtesy TheatreZone</em>
  • Tony-nominated actor David Garrison takes the stage in his one-man show about legendary Broadway producer David Merrick. The world premiere of 'The Beast of Broadway,' brought to you by TheatreZone, at the G&L Theatre on the campus of The Community School of Naples. <em>Photo courtesy TheatreZone</em>
  • Actor David Goguen, costume designer Kathleen Kolacz, co-author Robert L. Freeman, production stage manager Jamie Aileen Eckhold, co-author Faye Greenberg, actor David Garrison, director Mark Danni and 'The Abominable Showman' author Howard Kissel celebrate the opening night of 'The Beast of Broadway,' a one-man show about the life of Broadway producer David Merrick at the cast party at Remy's Bistro. <em>Photo courtesy Theatrezone via Kathleen Prutos / Prutos Public Relations, Inc.

Actor David Garrison portrays legendary Broadway producer David Merrick in TheatreZone’s world premiere of "The Beast of Broadway."




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