Under Florida’s Constitution, municipalities are corporations vested with broad governmental and proprietary powers. Each city has a charter pointing out its scope of services, detailing its elections and scope of services. The details of this are found in policies, administrative codes and ordinances. Florida since 1968 has recognized the need for cities to have home rule powers. This is included in the constitution (Article […]
Investors are excited about bitcoin – perhaps too excited. Their fervor is easy to understand. On December 18, bitcoin closed at $17,566. Back on September 22, bitcoin was valued at only $3,603.1 Yes, you read that correctly – the price of bitcoin jumped nearly 500 percent in three months. Thanks to this phenomenon, investors everywhere are asking if they should buy […]
NAPLES, Fla. – 1/18/18 – Waterside Shops, the Gulf Coast’s premiere shopping and dining destination, is pleased to announce that Avow is the center’s 2018 Coins for a Cause program recipient. “When you make your wish and toss change into the fountains at Waterside Shops, you’re helping make miracles happen in our community,” explains Anne […]
Join Pelican Bay Hosts David and Rena Rutstein, and Leo and Judy Zickler, for a Reception and Q & A session with a renouned thoracic surgeons from The John Hopkins Hospital BREATHE EASY Surviving Survivorship Hear from John Hopkins Medicine faculty Stephen Cl. Yang, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development […]
David Lawrence Center, Collier County’s only comprehensive, not-for-profit mental health and addiction recovery treatment center serving children, adults and families, is pleased to announce that husband and wife philanthropic duos Jill and Michael Basden and Joyce and Bill O’Meara will lead the 50th Anniversary Puttin’ on the Ritz with a Twist Gala committee. This signature, […]
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Early one morning I was riding my bike and slowed down to enter a multi-use pathway. A pedestrian pointed his cell phone at me as if to take my picture and yelled, “You’re supposed to WALK your bike on the sidewalk.” He was mistaken, but it was a good indicator that season is upon us […]
by Marquis Hilaire BCHS Battlion Command Sergeant Major It was really early, so I was pretty tired. Despite my exhaustion, I was really excited to face the day. Early mornings and flying were never really my cup of tea, but today was different. Today, I was going to Washington D.C. Not just I, but seven […]
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool in the fight against illegal drugs. The White House’s Office of National DrugControl Policy recently announced that Collier County would be designated as part of the South Florida’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Investigations Captain Thomas Storrar said the Sheriff’s Office applied for the designation, […]