To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office 239-477-1000 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050.

Santa Barbara Boulevard in eastern Collier County will be two miles longer Monday when Collier County’s latest “engineering accomplishment” is expected to be substantially complete, a county release said.

Rick Scott had raised $430,000 in donations as of a week ago. He also made $23.9 million in personal loans to his campaign in the three-month period covered by the report. A rough analysis of Scott’s donor list showed that roughly 30 percent of his donors are from outside of Florida. Compare that to the roughly 10 percent represented by out-of-state donors on opponent Bill McCollum’s donor list.

Environmental opposition to an interchange at Everglades Boulevard goes back decades _ even before Interstate 75 spanned South Florida.
The Florida Department of Transportation’s 1972 environmental review of the plan to build Alligator Alley is among a list of concerns cited by environmental agencies as Collier County pushes its plan for the interchange.