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"We'd love to come back and make this our home," said Chicago Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas (right) as his team decamped after two weeks of training in Ave Maria.
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The new Tom Monaghan Catholic Leaders Scholarship Fund is approaching $1.5 million in donations in its first year, Ave Maria University President Jim Towey announced at a fundraising dinner attended by more than 400 people Wednesday night. Above, Mr. Monaghan and Mr. Towey at the dinner.

The Chicago Fire defeated Florida Gulf Coast University 3-0 in an exhibition game Wednesday night that drew a large, enthusiastic crowd to North Park in Ave Maria. Above, Marco Pappa who scored one of the Fire's three goals.

The Immokalee Fire Control District -- which includes the town of Ave Maria -- won approval by voters Tuesday for a mill rate increase that will partially restore funding to the district, which has had to cut budgets and lay off employees because of lower revenues due to declining property values. The mill rate increase will add $75 in property taxes per $100,000 of assessed value. Two other Collier County fire districts had similar requests rejected at the polls.
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The 2nd Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off in Ave Maria was twice as large this year, selling more than 1,100 steaks to residents and visitors who packed the Ave Maria town center Saturday. A team of Barron Collier employees won the first-place trophy for the best steak in Florida at the event, which raises money for the Donahue Academy.

Almostr 300 women (and a few men) came out Wednesday for the fifth annual Spring Style Show and Luncheon, which supports scholarships for Ave Maria University students. (Above, organizer Sydney McManus modeling with her two children, Alexandra and Declan)

Collier County commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday morning to approve $2.2 million in incentives for Arthrex to expand in Collier County, including building a planned manufacturing facility in Ave Maria.
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Hundreds of people from Ave Maria marked the anniversary of Roe v Wade Monday, some in Washington and some in prayer in the Ave Maria oratory. Above, the Ave Maria Students for Life at the March for Life in Washington, part of a contingent that included students at the Ave Maria School of Law and town residents.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will deliver the commencement address for Ave Maria University's class of 2012, AMU President Jim Towey announced Monday. 

The Major League Soccer Chicago Fire began two weeks of training in Ave Maria Friday evening, taking the field at the town's North Park. "It's great to be back in Ave Maria," said head coach Frank Klopas.