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Voters Approve Tax Increase for Immokalee Fire District
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Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 03:44
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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Steak Cook-Off Surpasses Goal of 1,000 Steaks
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Published on Sunday, 29 January 2012 19:04
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.
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Collier Commissioners Approve Incentives for Arthrex
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Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 17:11
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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A Day of Fashion, Food and Shopping
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Published on Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:19
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)
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Marking the Anniversary of Roe v Wade
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Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:57
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.
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