Sarasota County-based YMCA has verbal agreement to reopen Bonita Springs Y
YMCA of the Palms in Collier County, the Bonita Springs Y's current owner, announced last week that it has agreed in principle to transfer ownership to South County Family YMCA, based in Venice.
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PHOTOS: Young artists compete at Prescott awards
Music. The vision these days is perhaps a car stereo rattling the spare tire, or rap spat out with an angry voice; but, as proven Saturday at Florida Gulf Coast University, the old style is still alive; the one with hours and hours of practice...blistered fingers and repetition so often that the young artist dreams of practice.
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Shangri-La resort's request to close adjacent streets upsets Bonita merchants
The owners of the historic Shangri-La Hotel and Resort in Bonita Springs want to close a portion of Industrial and Tennessee streets to develop their property, a move that would eliminate a shortcut connecting Old 41 and Bonita Beach roads.
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Bonita stem cell doctor's attorney quits, state hearing still scheduled
Dr. Zannos Grekos may not have an attorney representing him at a hearing next month against a state complaint that he performed an unauthorized stem cell procedure on a patient who later died.
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K9 sniffs out 90 pounds of marijuana in Lee, Miami-area man arrested
A Lee County sheriff’s detective who spotted a passenger without a seat belt in a sport utility vehicle on Interstate 75 made a marijuana bust Friday night after his K9 dog sniffed out 90 pounds of pot in the trunk.
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Lee detectives: I-75 traffic stop reveals identity theft tax scheme
A traffic stop on Interstate 75 on Wednesday ended with two people arrested, accused of stealing the identity of 100 people to commit tax fraud.
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Former Orion CEO Jerry Williams admits in court illegal banking scheme
Former Orion Bank President Jerry Williams pleaded guilty today, admitting for the first time in public his illegal activities to save the bank that ultimately caused it to fail.
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Jury says PETA breached confidentiality agreement that resulted in Lee deputy losing job
A federal jury has agreed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals breached a confidentiality agreement with a Lee County Sheriff's deputy who lost his job after confirming a tip that a K9 officer was abusing his dog.
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Family of teen killed on U.S. 41 in Estero calls for traffic light, crosswalk
The Estero High School sweethearts, who were engaged last summer, spent every afternoon together. At night they’d walk to U.S. 41 where they parted ways. That daily parting took a tragic turn Wednesday nigh
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Handful of people on Collier voter registration rolls may not be U.S. citizens
A review identified 84 people out of 363,050 registered voters in Lee County who may not be citizens and confirmed eight out of 169,000 registered voters in Collier County weren't citizens. Of the eight in Collier, four voted in elections at some point from 2004 to 2010.
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Burglaries, thefts rose 24 percent in south Lee County in 2011
Data released in late January showed a 24 percent rise in reported burglaries and larcenies in 2011 compared to 2010 in the Lee County Sheriff's Office Delta District, which covers Bonita Springs, Estero and the southern edge of Fort Myers. It was the biggest jump in nonviolent crime among the agency's six districts. Such crimes were up 8 percent countywide.
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New bill would allow South Florida casinos, slots at dog tracks
TALLAHASSEE -- A key test for casino gambling in Florida, a House subcommittee Friday will take up a revised bill that would allow up to three resort casinos in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
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Estero teen hit by van, killed on U.S. 41
A 17-year-old Estero girl was hit by a van and killed Wednesday night on U.S. 41, just north of the Coconut Point mall, in Estero.
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Teen hit by vehicle, killed in Estero
A 17-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle and killed Wednesday night on U.S. 41 in Estero, just north of the Coconut Point Mall.
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Florida college, university students to pay 8 percent more tuition under House plan
A day after Scott said he wanted lawmakers to hold the line on tuition, the panel approved a budget that relies on an 8 percent base increase for university students to balance the higher education budget, w
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Bonita Springs City Council to start drawing new district maps
Bonita Springs’ population grew about 34 percent — from 32,797 to 43,914 residents — between 2000 and 2010, according to the 2010 Census. Of the city’s six districts, District 6 grew the most, Bonita Spring
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Contractors pull 35 single-family home permits in Lee County last month
In January, contractors pulled 35 permits to build single-family homes with a total value of more than $7 million in unincorporated Lee County. That compares to 34 permits issued in January of last year and six issued in December 2011.
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Romney easily carries Republican presidential primary vote in Collier, Lee
Mitt Romney performed even better in Southwest Florida this year than he did in the 2008 GOP primary, sweeping up solid majorities of the hotly contested Collier and Lee county vote.
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