Liesa Priddy, who serves on the boards of both the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commssion told the AMSCD meeting Tuesday that wildlife authorities may need to take stronger action against residents who flout rules about managing trash that attracts bears. The AMSCD meeting also approved electoral maps as well as the preliminary work to proceed with bond offerings.
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The undefeated Donahue Academy Shamrocks won their sixth straight eight-man football game Friday, beating Academy of the Lakes 56-12 in Land O'Lakes.
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The Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off will be held in Ave Maria Jan. 28 under the sponsorship of the Ave Maria Parish, which stepped in after the Donahue Academy decided not to hold its popular fundraiser again this winter.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks scored on the opening kickoff and never looked back, beating Lakeside Christian 49-13 Friday night in Clearwater.
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Internationally-recognized author Michael Novak, a resident of Ave Maria for many years, received the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award from the Union League Club of New York recently, joining a company of recipients that includes John Updike, Neil Simon, James Michener and many other noted American authors.
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Teresa Henderson, a homeschooled student in Ave Maria, is one of just 17 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists in Collier County.
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The percentage of Ave Maria School of Law students passing the Florida bar exam in July improved significantly in results announced Monday by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. The law school's passing percentage of 66.7 puts it in the middle of the pack of 11 Florida law schools, up from last place a year ago.
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Bill Kirk, Ave Maria University's Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, has resigned effective Oct. 21 to take a job heading a Catholic educational charity in Kansas City, Kansas. He is the fourth AMU VP to either leave or be replaced this year.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks overcame a seven-point first-quarter deficit to beat City of Life from Orlando 52-28 Friday to remain undefeated in eight-man football this season.
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Byron Donalds, the Republican candidate for the state legislature district that includes Ave Maria, will speak and participate in a "town hall" at the inaugural meeting of the Ave Maria Republican Club Tuesday, Sept. 20.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks romped to a 50-7 win over First Coast Christian from Jacksonville in the home opener of the eight-man football season at North Park.
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The map that will determine the number of seats on the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board will be presented for a third time at the board's next meeting in October following a discussion at the district meeting Friday. Developers also specified that the total amount of land that can ever be developed in the district means that the maximum number of directly elected seats on the five-member board is three.
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The Immokalee Fire Control District and Ave Maria Development have agreed on terms for developers to turn over land for the station but the plans require action by the Collier County Commission, which will not take up the matter until after the November elections. (above, the temporary quarters in Ave Maria for emergency fire and EMS)
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A rental apartment complex in Ave Maria is in the works, Barron Collier Vice President David Genson told the meeting of the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District Friday. The 250-unit development would be the first strictly rental housing in town.
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The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board will consider a second effort at defining the amount of "urban area" in town at its meeting Sept. 9. Also on the agenda, is a proposed $16-million bond offering for infrastructure in Maple Ridge as well as$10-million bond for the extension of Anthem Parkway.
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Thirty-one Ave Maria University studetns and about the same number of other Ave Maria representatives are in Rome for the canonization of Mother Teresa Sunday.
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Eight Donahue Academy students learned a lot about Rome – and about themselves – on a trip during the summer led by Donahue staff. One student, Claire Guernsey, wrote for The Ave Herald about what the trip meant to her.
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Byron Donalds (right) won the Republican primary for Ave Maria's state house district, and is almost sure to be seated in Tallahassee after November. Matt Hudson, who has represented the district, lost his bid for a state senate seat to Kathleen Passidomo. Bill McDaniel won the Republican primary for the District 5 Collier County Commission seat and will face a Democratic opponent in November.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks overwhelemed Seacoast Christian 52-13 in Jacksonville for their second straight victory of the young eight-man football season. The Shamrocks have a bye next weekend and play their home opener Sept. 9 against First Coast Christian from Jacksonville.
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Joseph Dauphinais began showing symptoms of the Zika virus after returning in July from a mission trip to Nicaragua. He is one of five new reported cases of Zika in Collier County, all of which were said to have been contracted overseas.
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