KRISTINE GILL

• Parents petitioning against cell tower at Naples Park Elementary School Published 06/17/2013 at 5:38 a.m.

  A group of Naples Park Elementary School parents and teachers worried about the health and safety of their students have circulated a petition against the installation of a cellphone tower on school grounds.

• Fifth Ave. Business Improvement District seeks tax increase to pay for marketing, events Published 06/17/2013 at 5 a.m.

  Organizers of the Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District want to up the assessment rate on property owners to pay for events, marketing and a salary bump for its leader. What do city leaders and business owners think of the ...

• Naples Council: Fifth Ave. S. employees should leave parking spaces for customers Published 06/12/2013 at 4 p.m.

  There aren't enough parking spaces in the Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District to comfortably accommodate all employees of the street along with customers. Find out what city officials are doing to solve the problem.

• Fletcher gets lease, ability to hot fuel on Immokalee Airport Published 06/11/2013 at 8:15 p.m.

  Collier commissioners approved a slew of items Tuesday aimed at incentivising a major airport tenant to stick around following his lawsuit against county staff.

• Naples council agrees to assess residents, use reserves to build city park Updated 06/10/2013 at 9:29 p.m.

  Monday, at the end of a day-long meeting over the five-year capital improvement program, City Council members hashed out those plans, arguing about how best to pay for the park city residents wanted.

• Council to consider purchase of parking lot for third downtown garage Updated 06/10/2013 at 8:41 p.m.

  Business owners are urging city officials to purchase a parking lot along Fifth Avenue South and build a third garage, backing their arguments with statistics from a parking needs study by the street's Business Improvement District.

• Twelve Collier schools to have new principals this fall Published 06/07/2013 at 5:48 p.m.

  Twelve Collier County schools will have new principals when the school year begins Aug. 19.

• Weather: City closes Naples Pier due to high winds Published 06/06/2013 at 3:30 p.m.

  City officials have closed the Naples Pier as rain and high winds picked up this afternoon.

• Council notebook: Rockin' on the Bay ends, events moratorium fails Published 06/05/2013 at 7:52 p.m.

  The music has stopped for Rockin' on the Bay. Tiffany McQuaid shed some tears and hugged McQuaid Marketing staff members Wednesday after withdrawing her permit for more concert events at Bayfront.

• City purchases Pulling property for $3 million Updated 06/05/2013 at 10:28 p.m.

  For weeks, proponents of a new public park preached the need for vision as Naples City Council faced a $3-million decision to buy a chunk of land on the Gordon River. On Wednesday, city leaders came through, voting to spend ...

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