http://naplesnews.com/news/bonita/naplesnews.com Stories: Bonitaen-usbonitahttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/contaminated-floodwaters-bonita-could-cause-illnes/Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Or even to walk or wade in, for that matter. Floodwaters across east Bonita Springs contain enough bacteria and fecal matter to cause serious infections and gastrointestinal illnesses, samples show. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:08:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/contaminated-floodwaters-bonita-could-cause-illnes/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/plane-crashes-gulf-boca-grande/A single-engine aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Boca Grande on Friday afternoon. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:01:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/plane-crashes-gulf-boca-grande/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/nbc-2s-jessica-stilwell-takes-leave-during-husband/Television news anchor Jessica Stilwell, the wife of indicted real estate agent Samir Cabrera and daughter of a top Lee County official with ties to Cabrera’s troubled land deals, is currently off the air at NBC-2 in Fort Myers. The 11-year veteran of the station is on a leave of absence, Waterman Broadcasting News Director Darrel Adams said Friday. She is still an employee, but she will not be anchoring newscasts. “I can confirm for you she is not on our air,” Adams said. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:06:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/nbc-2s-jessica-stilwell-takes-leave-during-husband/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/residents_forge_homes_estero_park/Heidy Paz-Domingo, 15, found a donated green cowboy hat to keep her little brother, 11-month-old J.J. Paz-Domingo cool from the sweltering heat. She just returned to school at Estero High Tuesday, since evacuating from her home in Manna Christian. She said she likes the shelter and thinks everything is going good. But she’s getting homesick. “I miss my bed,” she said. Paz-Damingo and her family are among the more than 450 evacuees now living at Estero Community Park, off Corkscrew Road. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/residents_forge_homes_estero_park/bonita/bannerhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/floodwaters-contine-drop-bonita/Floodwaters fell from one to four inches across east Bonita Springs overnight, officials said on Friday. The drop makes for 48 straight hours in which waters have fallen, a positive sign for flood victims forced to evacuate their homes earlier in the week. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:23:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/floodwaters-contine-drop-bonita/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/man-jailed-after-alleged-attack-mother-daughter-ro/A 25-year-old man was arrested early Friday after a woman told deputies that she and her two daughters were attacked in their car during a road rage incident at an East Naples intersection Thursday evening, sheriff’s reports said. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:55:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/man-jailed-after-alleged-attack-mother-daughter-ro/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/todays-traffic-enforcement-locations-collier-lee/Here are today's traffic enforcement locations in Collier and Lee counties. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:38:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/29/todays-traffic-enforcement-locations-collier-lee/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/lee-county-detective-nabs-check-fraud-suspect/A Lee County Sheriff’s Office detective was in the right place and the right time to solve a mystery that has plagued an Arkansas trucking company for 10 years. Detective Thomas Cole was purchasing fuel for his office vehicle Wednesday when he noticed something amiss at a Mobile on the Run gas station in Bonita Springs. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:32:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/lee-county-detective-nabs-check-fraud-suspect/crimehttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/new-name-new-opportunities/With a new name for a new school year, Edison State College welcomed thousands of students to school for the fall semester this week. The addition of “State” to the college’s name marks the third name for the institution, which started out years ago as Edison Community College. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:07:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/new-name-new-opportunities/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/know-sexiest-crowd-southwest-florida/Q: Any idea what happened to the night club that was supposed to open in the shopping center where the La-Z-Boy store is in Bonita Springs on U.S. 41? I believe it was called Ultra, never heard anything about the grand opening. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:22:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/know-sexiest-crowd-southwest-florida/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/fort-myers-beach-man-facing-federal-drug-charges/Alfredo Santillana, a Fort Myers Beach man arrested in Estero last year as part of one of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office undercover drug operations, is now facing a federal charge of drug trafficking. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/fort-myers-beach-man-facing-federal-drug-charges/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/despite-low-turnout-polls-lee-sheriff-mike-scott-s/Not former county commissioner and Congressman Porter Goss. Not longtime Sheriff Flanders “Snag” Thompson. Not 20-year Commissioner Ray Judah. Not current Supervisor of Elections Sharon Harrington. No one in Lee County history, in fact, has ever posted the kind of win Sheriff Mike Scott did Tuesday over former Sheriff Rod Shoap. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/despite-low-turnout-polls-lee-sheriff-mike-scott-s/electionhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/lee-county-police-briefs-august-29-2008/  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:13:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/lee-county-police-briefs-august-29-2008/crimehttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/cabrera-enters-not-guilty-plea-fraud-charges-invol/Two of the money laundering charges now facing real estate agent Samir Cabrera involve payments to Lee County Manager Don Stilwell. In spring 2006, two checks — one for $76,731.24 and one for $50,000 — went to Stilwell, who is Cabrera’s father-in-law. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:41:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/cabrera-enters-not-guilty-plea-fraud-charges-invol/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/area-gas-prices-best-buys-are-bonita/That extra nickel per gallon savings since last week can add up to an extra buck per tankful. Drivers can save even more by shopping around. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:26:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/area-gas-prices-best-buys-are-bonita/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/fgcu-interns-learn-ropes-naples-police/Two Florida Gulf Coast University seniors began a semester-long internship this week with the Naples Police and Fire Department. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:05:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/fgcu-interns-learn-ropes-naples-police/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/floodwaters-fall-slightly-bonita-springs/For all the head-scratching over flood levels, there were simpler ways to figure out whether waters in east Bonita Springs were rising or falling this week. On Wednesday, homeowners used poles, watermarked objects and visible currents to determine that waters had fallen and were continuing to fall. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/floodwaters-fall-slightly-bonita-springs/bonita_newshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/todays-traffic-enforcement-locations-collier-lee/Here are today's traffic enforcement locations in Collier and Lee counties. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:15:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/todays-traffic-enforcement-locations-collier-lee/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/32-percent-patients-shoulder-burden-health-care-co/The Lee Memorial Health System and other hospital systems throughout the United States are facing a dilemma. They have an ethical obligation to treat the hundreds of uninsured patients who walk into one of its hospital campuses in the region, but at the same time they are facing a population unable to pay. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:11:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/32-percent-patients-shoulder-burden-health-care-co/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/evacuees-stuck-shelter-limbo-floodwaters-slowly-re/As her 3-year-old son kept busy with crayons and a drawing pad, Enedina Godoy shared a meal of tortillas and sandwiches with women who had been her neighbors. Sitting on folding chairs around a cafeteria-style table inside a crowded room at Estero Community Park on Wednesday, the meal was the least of things the women had shared recently. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:11:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/evacuees-stuck-shelter-limbo-floodwaters-slowly-re/bonita_news