http://naplesnews.com/news/local/naplesnews.com Stories: Local newsen-uslocalhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/some-east-naples-comcast-customers-without-service/Comcast Internet, phone and cable service blinked out in some areas of East Naples at 10:31 a.m. Thursday. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:07:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/some-east-naples-comcast-customers-without-service/localhttp://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/solid-waste-park-information-meeting-set-collier/A "solid waste park" is being planned for 341 acres of land owned by Collier County near the current landfill. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:25:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/solid-waste-park-information-meeting-set-collier/citizen/newshttp://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/ohio-man-sentenced-20-years-rape-naples-girl/An Ohio man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in a state prison for raping an 11-year-old Naples Manor child in 1990 in a case that was solved with a DNA match three years ago. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/ohio-man-sentenced-20-years-rape-naples-girl/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/report-ts-fay-wiped-out-one-third-colliers-sea-tur/Sea turtle nesting numbers out this week show that Tropical Storm Fay washed out about a third of the nests on Collier County's monitored beaches. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:50:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/28/report-ts-fay-wiped-out-one-third-colliers-sea-tur/localhttp://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/collier-added-fema-list-emergency-aid/ Collier County officials are eligible for federal disaster funds to help them fix nearly $21 million in damage wrought by Tropical Storm Fay, including funds to renourish area beaches. On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist announced that Collier was added to a list of counties eligible for FEMA public assistance after initial assessments made over the past week indicated federal support was necessary to restore the area’s public infrastructure to pre-storm levels. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:08:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/collier-added-fema-list-emergency-aid/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/jury-struggling-decide-fate-man-accused-immokalee-/A Collier Circuit judge declared a mistrial late Wednesday night after jurors were unable to agree whether a 21-year-old Immokalee man was guilty of murder involving the death of a mother of four killed in a driveby shooting. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:49:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/jury-struggling-decide-fate-man-accused-immokalee-/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/collier-county-police-briefs---august-28-2008/  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:31:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/collier-county-police-briefs---august-28-2008/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_newshttp://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/collier-superintendent-weathers-controversial-firs/Collier Superintendent Dennis Thompson had an eventful first year. “You mean my first decade,” joked Thompson, who has faced budget cuts, the possibility of laying off employees, high school reform and challenges of English Language Learning students since taking the helm at the Collier County School District one year ago. But the most significant challenge in Collier County is psychological, he said. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/collier-superintendent-weathers-controversial-firs/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/drunk-and-naked-gets-golden-gate-man-jail-term/Levi Zachary Humphrey had a novel way of celebrating his 23rd birthday — in his birthday suit. Marco Island police officers responded to a call about a man lying in the roadway by the Goodland Bridge on July 30, 2007, and found him swimming naked. So they called the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, which sent a corporal and a boat from its marine unit. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:51:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/drunk-and-naked-gets-golden-gate-man-jail-term/crimehttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/water-district-wont-restrict-drinking-water-use/The South Florida Water Management District is not trying to stop drinking water withdrawals from underground aquifers with a rule to reserve water for the environment, the district’s top water supply planner said Wednesday. District officials came to Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve headquarters for a workshop attended by about a dozen people to review a draft of the water reservation rule. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:43:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/water-district-wont-restrict-drinking-water-use/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/human-smugglers-could-be-targeting-different-kind-/Excited for a long holiday weekend on the water, 82-year-old Bud Foster packed up food and luggage Wednesday morning and headed down to his boat slip on Tarpon Drive to load up his 45-foot Sea Ray cabin cruiser. Foster said he’s docked his boat in the same slip for 24 years. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:43:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/human-smugglers-could-be-targeting-different-kind-/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/popularity-early-voting-absentee-ballots-strong-pr/There were only minor surprises in total voter turnout on Tuesday, and how quickly the information was processed and released. Dave Carpenter, qualifying officer for Collier Supervisor of Elections Jennifer Edwards’ office, said they were somewhat surprised that there wasn’t a larger turnout. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:37:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/popularity-early-voting-absentee-ballots-strong-pr/local/election/2007http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/new-digs-humane-society-naples-get-preliminary-app/The dog house is getting a face lift. And the cat’s quarters won’t be too shabby, either. The Humane Society of Naples on Wednesday received preliminary design approval from the Naples Design Review Board for renovations and an expansion. The organization leases property at the Naples Municipal Airport, and needed to go before the board to get approval for renovations. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:27:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/new-digs-humane-society-naples-get-preliminary-app/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/teen-stolen-debit-card-pocket-not-my-pants/When Collier County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 19-year-old man on trespassing charges at Wal-Mart on Monday, and then found a stolen debit card in his pants pocket, the teen had a perfectly good excuse. They weren’t his pants. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:29:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/teen-stolen-debit-card-pocket-not-my-pants/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/naples-rejects-big-plans-downtown-cabana-bar/The little cabana bar at Bayfront in Naples will have to stay small for now. A city of Naples advisory board on Wednesday voted down a final design for renovations at Shane’s Cabana Bar. The Design Review Board’s 3-1 decision means that architects need to return to the drawing board if they want to upgrade the waterfront bar. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:51:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/naples-rejects-big-plans-downtown-cabana-bar/business