 Paul Anderson, chief of the Immokalee Fire Control District which has responsibility for Ave Maria, was fired at a special board meeting Wednesday afternoon for violating his contract's provisions on sick leave.
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A total of three candidates have met the requirements to run for the first seat on the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District that will be elected directly by residents. Robb Klucik, Kyle Armstrong and Jeff Fenuccio will be on the ballot for the April 25 election.
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About 200 residents of Ave Maria gathered Saturday to remember Michael Novak, the noted author and theologian who called the town home for most of the final years of his life.
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The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, whose sisters have taught at the Donahue Academy since the k-12 Catholic school opened in 2007, have told the school that all its sisters will leave Ave Maria at the end of the current school year.
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The community of Ave Maria honored its patron saint, Mary, Saturday with numerous celebrations on the Feast of the Annunciation. Above, a resident photographs the sunrise over the Ave Maria Parish Church which is specifically oriented toward the spot where the sun breaks the horizon on the feast day. (photo by Monica Dix)
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A town-wide procession on the evening of Friday, March 24 kicks of a number of events that culminate Saturday night with an outdoor concert and fireworks display. (above, the 2016 procession)
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 Mr. Klucik, an attorney in Ave Maria who spearheaded the effort to have residents elect a seat on the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board, is the first person to announce his candidacy for seat. The election is scheduled for April 25.
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The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District affirmed procedures for the town's first popular election to the district board, discussed the status of a new fire station and heard updates on several planned initiatives at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday.
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The Rural Lands West development planned for west of the town of Ave Maria is delayed for at least two more years and its primary residential developer, Minto Communities, has pulled out of the large-scale project. Developers now say the first homes might come on the market in 2020.
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Police say Gianni Guzman Ruano, 42, from Ave Maria died Thursday evening when his pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer on SR-29 a little over a mile south of Oil Well Rd.
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 Ave Maria homeschooled student Teresa Henderon has been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist, the only Ave Maria student to achieve the honor.
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Isabelle Meyer (left) and Benardo Barnhart won their regional age categories a the Knights of Columbus youth basketball free throw competition and will compete in March at the state finals.
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Michael Novak, the noted author, philosopher and theologian who called Ave Maria home for most of the last seven years, died Friday morning in Washington, D.C., where he had been teaching at the Catholic University of America. He was 83.
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The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board has set April 25 as the date for first town election to choose a member of the five-member board by popular vote. The board's Feb. 7 meeting also had a lengthy discussion on the safety of some major roads due to increasing traffic by large construction trucks.
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Quarterback Elias Allan was named the overall best player in the Florida Christian Association of Private and Parochial School's 8-man football league, Rich Scanlon won coach of the year and Donahue players also received six more all-state honors. (above, the team after winning the state championship in December)
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Ave Maria University's annual 19th-century ball Saturday, Feb. 4, offers an opportunity to experience dances of the 19th century. The ball is open to town residents and offers expert instruction and practice in dance traditions Thursday and Friday evenings. (above, file photo from an earlier ball)
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Twenty-two grill teams served up 1,500 steaks Saturday at the 7th annual Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off in Ave Maria to close out a day of family activities. (Above, this year’s grand champion, Bryan Lewis from McKinney, Texas, with Pastor Fr. Cory Mayer of the Ave Maria Parish that sponsored the event.)
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Ave Maria University has sold the iconic Ave Maria Oratory to the Diocese of Venice, the diocese announced Thursday. The building now becomes the Ave Maria Parish Church and the move makes Ave Maria a regular parish, and no longer a "quasi-parish." AMU and Ave Maria Development are also donating land for a parish hall and offices for parish activities. (above, a file photo of a procession outside the oratory)
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A total of 22 grill teams – from Ave Maria, southwest Florida and as far away as Arkansas and Texas – will be competing Saturday, Jan. 28, in the 7th annual Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off in the Ave Maria town center. This year, the cook-off follows an array of fun activities at the Great American Saturday event sponsored by Ave Maria Development.
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The HITS triathlon will finish in Ave Maria again this year, with cyclists coming through from the late morning to well into the afternoon Saturday, Jan. 7. The cyclists start in Naples, and traffic disruptions in Ave Maria are expected to be minor, as they were last year.
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