TOM WILLIAMS

• ESSAY: Pelican population and growth alarms experts Published 04/01/2012 at 2:38 p.m.

  "The pelicans in the Marco area are getting bigger,” related Chief Ornithologist Derek Berger from the Everglades National Seashore Foundation. “The population of the native Brown Pelicans is increasing and so is the size of the individual birds.” The Brown ...

• A Halloween story: Skeletons discovered under the Marco River Published 10/27/2011 at 2:32 p.m.

  An ancient burial chamber was found late last Wednesday under the southern end of the new Marco Island Bridge. A routine test piling was drilled and filled with concrete during the construction of the new causeway and after the six ...

• PHOTOS: Islander Chris Quinton recounts dangerous nightly missions in Iraq Published 11/11/2010 at 5:05 p.m.

  When Chris Quinton arrived in Baghdad, it was an entirely different world than his home on Marco Island. The mercury was hovering around 110 degrees, and the air in the ancient city smelled like an equal mix of rotten garbage ...

• Waterspouts: The weather witches of Marco Published 07/17/2010 at 9:30 p.m.

  It has been said that tornados are the finger of God. For many, the Wicked Witch of the West in the “Wizard of Oz” is not nearly as terrifying as the tornado that touched down in Kansas and swept away ...

• 2 txt or not 2 txt Published 03/12/2010 at 1:37 p.m.

  In November 2001, text messaging was born. The concept began in Europe, traveled to Asia, and grew at an exponential rate, but few realize that text messaging is a way for wireless providers to make more money and increase their ...

• Tom Williams: Spreading a little Christmas joy, $50 at a time Published 12/29/2009 at 2:07 p.m.

  Long ago, there was a tropical island and a town named Collier City. For many years, the island flourished, but catastrophe struck when the clam beds ran dry, the pineapple plantation failed and everyone began to worry about paying their ...

• On the Menu: Starbucks maintains famous presence on Marco Island Published 11/09/2009 at 3:04 p.m.

  Once upon a time, in a land far away, a group of monks discovered a beautiful tree with red and green berries.

• On the Menu: Vacation dining with value at the Marco Beach Hilton Published 10/13/2009 at 8:32 p.m.

  At the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort and Spa, a simple philosophy of good inn keeping is apparent in the atmosphere and lends a positive and heartfelt approach to their cooking and hospitality.

• Marriott’s Marco Island Beach Resort helps in Lighting the Way Published 10/13/2009 at 7:23 p.m.

  On October 19, Marriott’s Marco Island Beach Resort, in partnership with Marriott’s Crystal Shores Vacation Club and the Ritz Carlton, in Naples, will host a Torch Relay fund-raising event for the benefit of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN).

• Dropping the big one Published 10/01/2009 at 3:53 p.m.

  1939 was the year Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that an atomic bomb was possible.

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